Table 1. Selected characteristics of emergency department visits and hospitalizations by patients with sickle cell disease, 2006–2010.
| Total ED Visits | Total ED Visits Admitted to the Hospital | Priapism related | Nonpriapism Related | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ED Visits | ED Visits Admitted to the hospital | ED Visits | ED Visits Admitted to the hospital | |||
| Number (row %) | 584,652 | 231,692 (39.6%) | 10,788 (1.8%) | 5,371 (49.8%) | 573,863 (98.2%) | 226,321 (39.4%) |
| Mean Age (Standard Error) | 27 (0.04) | 26 (0.07) | 24 (0.18) | 24 (0.27)1 | 27 (0.04) | 26 (0.07)1 |
| # (column %) | # (column %) | # (column %) | # (column %) | # (column %) | # (column %) | |
| Age (years) | ||||||
| 0–10 | 76,676 (13.1%) | 33,502 (14.5%) | 387 (3.6%) | 267 (5%) | 76,288 (13.3%) | 33,235 (14.7%) |
| 11–20 | 93,955 (16.1%) | 43,330 (18.7%) | 3,094 (28.7%) | 1,682 (31.3%) | 90,861 (15.8%) | 41,648 (18.4%) |
| 21–30 | 206,479 (35.3%) | 75,890 (32.8%) | 5,001 (46.4%) | 2,349 (43.7%) | 201,478 (35.1%) | 73,541 (32.5%) |
| 31–40 | 114,436 (19.6%) | 41,300 (17.8%) | 1,845 (17.1%) | 856 (15.9%) | 112,591 (19.6%) | 40,444 (17.9%) |
| 41–50 | 68,783 (11.8%) | 26,010 (11.2%) | 416 (3.9%) | 188 (3.5%) | 68,367 (11.9%) | 25,822 (11.4%) |
| 51–60 | 20,007 (3.4%) | 8,704 (3.8%) | 32 (0.3%) | 24 (0.5%) | 19,975 (3.5%) | 8,680 (3.8%) |
| ≥61 | 4,296 (0.7%) | 2,936 (1.3%) | 13 (0.1%) | 5 (0.1%) | 4,283 (0.8%) | 2,931 (1.3%) |
| Not Stated | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | ||
| Region | ||||||
| Northeast | 113,311 (19.4%) | 50,661 (21.9%) | 2,318 (21.5%) | 1,284 (23.9%) | 110,993 (19.3%) | 49,376 (21.8%) |
| Midwest | 94,622 (16.2%) | 38,516 (16.6%) | 1,368 (12.7%) | 677 (12.6%) | 93,254 (16.3%) | 37,839 (16.7%) |
| South | 320,169 (54.8%) | 121,179 (52.3%) | 6,209 (57.6%) | 3,055 (56.9%) | 313,960 (54.7%) | 118,124 (52.2%) |
| West | 56,550 (9.7%) | 21,336 (9.2%) | 893 (8.28%) | 355 (6.6%) | 55,656 (9.7%) | 20,982 (9.3%) |
| Weekend | ||||||
| Yes | 167,044 (28.6%) | 64,299 (27.8%) | 3,266 (30.3%) | 1,555 (28.9%) | 163,779 (28.6%) | 62,744 (27.7%) |
| No | 416,704 (71.4%) | 167,378 (72.2%) | 7,512 (69.7%) | 3,816 (71.1%) | 409,191 (71.4%) | 163,561 (72.3%) |
| Not Stated | 904 | 15 | 10 | 893 | 16 | |
| Season | ||||||
| Winter | 119,486 (24.8%) | 45,275 (25.4%) | 2,121 (23.2%) | 1,141 (25.8%)1 | 117,068 (24.8%) | 44,134 (25.4%)1 |
| Spring | 120,310 (25.0%) | 44,614 (25.0%) | 2,260 (24.8%) | 1,176 (26.6%)1 | 118,050 (25.0%) | 43,438 (25.0%)1 |
| Summer | 119,486 (24.9%) | 43,408 (24.4%) | 2,604 (28.5%) | 1,171 (26.4%)1 | 116,882 (24.8%) | 42,237 (24.3%)1 |
| Fall | 121,614 (25.3%) | 44,929 (25.2%) | 2,139 (23.4%) | 942 (21.3%)1 | 119,475 (25.3%) | 43,987 (25.3%)1 |
| Not Stated | 103,756 | 53,466 | 1,644 | 941 | 102,388 | 52,525 |
1 denotes a significant difference between hospital admissions for patients with priapism and without priapism at the < .05 level
Abbreviations: ED, emergency department; SCD, sickle cell disease; CI, confidence interval; SE, standard error. Figures for origin “Not stated” are included in All totals but are not distributed among specified origins or used to calculate percentages.