TABLE 3.
Electronic dance music festival (year) | Person-days attendance | Transported to ED* | Treated in medical tent* | Total hospitalizations† | ICU admission or death† | ||
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No. | No. | No. | No. | Rate per 10,000 person-days | No. | Rate per 10,000 person-days | |
Los Angeles New Year’s Eve festival (2010) | 45,000 | 18 | NA | 3 | 0.67 | 1§ | 0.22 |
New York City festival A (2012) | 106,000 | 135 | 1,100 | 11 | 1.04 | 7 | 0.66 |
New York City festival A (2013) | 80,000 | 18 | 964 | 5 | 0.63 | 7 | 0.88 |
New York City festival B (2013) | 90,000 | 39 | 252 | 4 | 0.44 | 4 | 0.44 |
New York City festival A (2014) | 58,000 | 10 | NA | 1 | 0.17 | 2 | 0.34 |
Abbreviations: ED = emergency department; NA = not available.
Number of persons transported to ED and treated in medical tent as reported by medical providers.
p-values were >0.05 for comparison of rates among all festivals.
Los Angeles reported the death of one attendee; however, this death did not meet the case definition because death occurred >12 hours after the festival ended.