2017 Emergency Department Summary Tables

This summary includes the most current nationally representative data on ambulatory care visits to hospital emergency departments (EDs) in the United States:

• Emergency department visits, by selected characteristics
• Emergency department visits, by patient age, sex, and residence
• Emergency department visits, by patient race, age, and ethnicity
• Wait time at emergency department visits
• Mode of arrival at emergency department, by patient age
• Expected source of payment at emergency department visits
• Triage status of emergency department visits, by selected patient characteristics
• Initial blood pressure measurements recorded at emergency department visits for adults, by selected patient characteristics
• Ten principal reasons for emergency department visits, by patient age and sex
• Presence of chronic conditions at emergency department visits
• Injury visits to emergency departments, by selected patient and hospital characteristics
• Selected procedures at emergency department visits
• Disposition of emergency department visits
• Principal hospital discharge diagnoses for patients admitted through the emergency department, by major disease category

Source: cdc.org

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