Table.
RATE, ANNUAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISITS PER 10,000 CHILDREN RATE REDUCTION, % (95% CONFIDENCE INTERVAL) |
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2003–2006 (Range) |
2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2008–2013 | |
TOTAL | 426 (395–477) |
399 6.5 (±0.6) |
434 −1.8 (±0.6) |
374 12.3 (±0.6) |
363 14.8 (±0.5) |
339 20.4 (±0.5) |
383 10.1 (±0.6) |
382 10.3 (±0.3) |
SEX | ||||||||
Male | 454 (421–509) |
426 6.2 (±0.8) |
462 −1.8 (±0.7) |
397 12.6 (±0.7) |
388 14.5 (±0.8) |
360 20.7 (±0.7) |
407 10.3 (±0.7) |
407 10.4 (±0.4) |
Female | 398 (369–443) |
371 6.9 (±0.8) |
405 −1.9 (±0.8) |
350 12.1 (±0.8) |
338 15.0 (±0.8) |
318 20.1 (±0.7) |
358 10 (±0.8) |
357 10.3 (±0.5) |
AGE, mo | ||||||||
0–2 | 559 (543–581) |
533 4.6 (±2.2) |
536 4.1 (±2.2) |
375 32.9 (±1.8) |
449 19.7 (±2) |
428 23.3 (±2) |
423 24.4 (±2) |
458 18.0 (±1.1) |
3–5 | 621 (594–681) |
582 6.3 (±2.1) |
558 10.1 (±2) |
528 15.0 (±2) |
465 25.1 (±1.9) |
444 28.4 (±1.8) |
458 26.1 (±1.8) |
507 18.4 (±1.0) |
6–11 | 871 (794–1,022) |
787 9.7 (±1.2) |
793 9 (±1.2) |
715 17.9 (±1.2) |
608 30.2 (±1.0) |
602 30.9 (±1.0) |
639 26.7 (±1.1) |
692 20.6 (±0.6) |
12–23 | 654 (583–753) |
597 8.6 (±1.0) |
632 3.4 (±1.0) |
555 15.1 (±1.0) |
529 19.1 (±0.9) |
497 24.0 (±0.9) |
556 14.9 (±1.0) |
562 14.1 (±0.4) |
24–59 | 247 (234–265) |
236 4.5 (±1.0) |
290 −17.3 (±1.1) |
248 −0.3 (±1.0) |
255 −3.2 (±1.0) |
229 7.3 (±0.9) |
274 −10.8 (±1.0) |
255 −3.3 (±0.6) |
RACE | ||||||||
White | 372 (349–402) |
338 9.2 (±0.8) |
375 −0.7 (±0.9) |
308 17.3 (±0.8) |
313 15.9 (±0.8) |
278 25.3 (±0.8) |
313 15.9 (±0.8) |
321 13.7 (±0.5) |
Black | 571 (530–653) |
531 7.0 (±1.1) |
572 −0.2 (±1.1) |
527 7.6 (±1.1) |
468 18.0 (±1.0) |
406 28.9 (±1.0) |
473 17.2 (±1.0) |
496 13.1 (±0.6) |
Hispanic | 435 (417–465) |
320 26.6 (±1.5) |
359 17.5 (±1.7) |
358 17.8 (±1.8) |
331 24.0 (±1.6) |
294 32.4 (±1.6) |
347 20.2 (±1.7) |
335 23.1 (±1.0) |
SEASON | ||||||||
Jan–Jun | 552 (500–603) |
419 24.0 (±0.6) |
535 3.1 (±0.7) |
406 26.4 (±0.6) |
422 23.5 (±0.6) |
344 37.7 (±0.6) |
482 12.6 (±0.6) |
435 21.2 (±0.4) |
Jul–Dec | 301 (276–351) |
378 −25.6 (±1.1) |
334 −10.8 (±1.0) |
342 −13.4 (±1.0) |
305 −1.2 (±1.0) |
335 −11.3 (±1.1) |
284 5.7 (±0.9) |
330 −9.5 (±0.6) |
Connecticut, Georgia, Indiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, South Carolina, Tennessee and Vermont State Emergency Department Databases (SEDD), Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP). Negative rate reductions indicate increased rate