Table 1.

ED Visits With Diagnoses for Acute Hypertension 2006–2013

	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
ED visits (total|rate per million)
Acute hypertension	170 340	186 749	224 626	289 361	338 608	349 960	382 899	496 894
	1820	1958	2280	2880	3273	3364	3595	4610
Acute hypertension+routine discharge from ED	30 703	29 659	35 564	50 936	56 380	58 985	69 981	90 598
	328	311	361	507	545	567	657	838
Acute hypertension+admitted/died in ED/transferred to another hospital	137 965	155 514	185 865	234 399	278 668	287 131	307 652	398 506
	1474	1630	1897	2333	2694	2760	2888	3697
Acute hypertension+target organ damage	65 925	73 021	87 546	111 640	128 710	132 002	141 885	188 696
	704	766	889	1111	1244	1269	1332	1751
Hypertensive emergencya	63 406	70 344	83 959	105 116	123 233	125 068	132 684	176 769
	677	738	852	1046	1191	1202	1246	1640
Papilledema/retinal hemorrhage	160	138	180	125	195	217	204	194
	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	2
Heart failure	41 962	46 712	53 641	70 038	81 549	83 287	89 242	117 848
	448	490	544	697	788	801	838	1094
Myocardial infarction	6456	7042	9220	12 011	13 634	14 821	16 043	22 744
	69	74	94	120	132	142	151	211
Ruptured aneurysm/dissection	2405	2879	3556	4151	4890	5135	5553	6805
	26	30	36	41	47	49	52	63
Intracranial hemorrhage	5003	5667	7181	7848	9743	8635	9301	13 503
	53	59	73	78	94	83	87	125
Other cerebrovascular disease/stroke	18 317	19 715	24 353	31 405	35 284	36 359	38 063	51 062
	196	207	247	313	341	350	357	474

ED indicates emergency department.

^aNote this row includes ED visits that met all 3 criteria: diagnosis of acute hypertension, admission/death/transfer, and additional diagnosis of target organ damage.