Table 2. Patient Diagnoses & Outcomes Stratified by Race from the ED.

	White	%	Black	%	Hispanic	%
ABDOMINAL PAIN
Organic	543,345	46.1	342,136	45.1	355,204	53.1
Functional	259,695	22.0	162,569	21.5	139,149	20.8
APPENDICITIS
Total	45,680	3.9	8,924	1.2	29,836	4.5
With Perforation 1	13,406	29.3	3,293	36.9	12,333	41.3
Hospitalization	168,494	21.0	63,038	12.5	81,081	16.4
ICU	41,764	3.5	20,097	2.7	13,962	2.1

¹Percentage calculated as a fraction of patients with appendicitis.