Emergency Department Visit Rates by Selected Characteristics: United States, 2019 - ISS-G20 Laboratorium Repository

Data from the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 2019

• The overall emergency department (ED) visit rate (47 visits per 100 people in 2019) and visit rates by metropolitan statistical area (MSA) status did not change between 2009 and 2019.
• The ED visit rate was highest for infants under age 1 year (123 visits per 100 people) followed by adults aged 75 years and over (66 per 100).
• The ED visit rate for non-Hispanic Black people (87 visits per 100 people) was higher than the rate for people from all other racial and ethnic groups.
• The ED visit rate for patients with private insurance was lowest, while the rate for patients with Medicaid or Children’s Health Insurance Program/State Children’s Health Insurance Program was highest compared with all other primary expected sources of payment.