Table 2.
Type of ED Visits in the Pooled Study Sample by ASD Status Adults with and without ASD matched on age and gender 2006-2011 Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (n =102,108)
| ASD | No ASD | Sig. | ||||
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| N | Col. Wt.% | N | Col. Wt.% | |||
| Psychiatric Visit | 3,831 | 15.1 | 3,174 | 4.2 | *** | |
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| ADD/ADHD | 328 | 1.3 | 27 | 0.0 | *** | |
| Adjustment Disorders | 137 | 0.5 | 91 | 0.1 | *** | |
| Anxiety Disorders | 376 | 1.5 | 675 | 0.9 | *** | |
| AUD | 97 | 0.4 | 1,099 | 1.5 | *** | |
| Bipolar Disorder | 825 | 3.2 | 326 | 0.4 | *** | |
| Depression | 608 | 2.5 | 717 | 1.0 | *** | |
| Intellectual Disabilities | 399 | 1.6 | 22 | 0.0 | *** | |
| Personality Disorders | 113 | 0.4 | 11 | 0.0 | *** | |
| Schizophrenia | 971 | 3.8 | 619 | 0.8 | *** | |
| SUD | 74 | 0.3 | 686 | 0.9 | *** | |
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| Injury Visit§§ | 6,076 | 23.7 | 21,117 | 27.7 | *** | |
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| Assault€§§ | 146 | 0.9 | 901 | 1.9 | *** | |
| Cut | 346 | 1.3 | 2,270 | 3.0 | *** | |
| Drown | 5 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 | nc | |
| Fall | 1,655 | 6.5 | 3,751 | 5.0 | *** | |
| Fire | 52 | 0.2 | 323 | 0.4 | *** | |
| Machinery | 1 | 0.0 | 177 | 0.2 | nc | |
| Poison | 368 | 1.4 | 567 | 0.8 | *** | |
| Self-harm§§ | 475 | 1.9 | 371 | 0.5 | *** | |
| Struck | 832 | 3.3 | 3,337 | 4.4 | *** | |
| Suffocation | 66 | 0.3 | 24 | 0.0 | *** | |
| Suicidal Ideation§§ | 650 | 2.6 | 683 | 0.9 | *** | |
| Multiple Injuries§§ | 3,754 | 14.7 | 12,180 | 16.3 | *** | |
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| Non-psychiatric Visit | 4,130 | 16.1 | 10,444 | 13.6 | *** | |
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| Cancer | 70 | 0.3 | 147 | 0.2 | ** | |
| Cardiovascular Disease | 369 | 1.4 | 1,867 | 2.5 | *** | |
| Diabetes | 274 | 1.1 | 628 | 0.8 | ** | |
| Epilepsy | 2,253 | 8.8 | 793 | 1.0 | ** | |
| Gastrointestinal Disease | 188 | 0.8 | 765 | 1.0 | ** | |
| Respiratory Disease | 976 | 3.8 | 6,244 | 8.1 | ** | |
The estimates are provided from NEDS representing ED visits with adults aged 22-64 years from the years 2006-2011; ED visits with and without ASD were matched on age and gender; nc: Not conclusive. Tests not feasible due to low cell sizes; ADD/ADHD: Attention deficit disorders/attention deficit hyperactivity disorders; AUD: Alcohol use disorders; SUD: Substance use disorders.
Col. Wt. %: Column weighted percentages. Represents percentages within ASD and no ASD ED visits that were associated with each individual diagnoses. The denominator is the total number of ED visits with an ASD diagnosis (n = 25,527) and without an ASD diagnosis (n =76,581).
Not included as part of an injury visit.
Data on assault intent was only available for the years 2009-2011.
Sig.:
P < 0.001;
0.001 ≤ P < 0.01;
* 0.01 ≤ P < 0.05.