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. 2021 Apr 16;70(15):566–569. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7015e3

TABLE 2. Emergency department (ED) visits per 100,000 persons, by age group and race/ethnicity — 13 states,* October 1–December 31, 2020.

Age group, yrs and race/ethnicity No. of all ED visits No. (%) of ED visits for COVID-19 COVID-19 ED visits per 100,000 population§ RR (95% CI)
All ages
5,794,050
282,220 (4.9)
380

0–17
All
573,105
10,049 (1.8)
62

Hispanic
124,665
3,602 (2.9)
110
2.63 (2.512.75)
AI/AN, non-Hispanic
5,966
125 (2.1)
76
1.80 (1.512.15)
A/PI, non-Hispanic
13,890
337 (2.4)
34
0.82 (0.730.92)
Black, non-Hispanic
114,400
1,986 (1.7)
86
2.04 (1.942.16)
White, non-Hispanic
314,184
3,999 (1.3)
42
Referent
1829
All
1,001,194
28,198 (2.8)
231

Hispanic
178,845
8,657 (4.8)
431
2.64 (2.562.71)
AI/AN, non-Hispanic
9,803
425 (4.3)
345
2.11 (1.912.32)
A/PI, non-Hispanic
20,715
960 (4.6)
110
0.68 (0.630.72)
Black, non-Hispanic
270,926
5,984 (2.2)
345
2.11 (2.052.18)
White, non-Hispanic
520,905
12,172 (2.3)
163
Referent
3044
All
1,228,221
49,760 (4.1)
343

Hispanic
193,951
14,933 (7.7)
669
2.77 (2.712.83)
AI/AN, non-Hispanic
15,167
970 (6.4)
742
3.07 (2.883.27)
A/PI, non-Hispanic
29,106
2,132 (7.3)
183
0.76 (0.730.79)
Black, non-Hispanic
295,671
9,507 (3.2)
529
2.19 (2.142.24)
White, non-Hispanic
694,326
22,218 (3.2)
242
Referent
4564
All
1,525,724
91,806 (6.0)
480

Hispanic
176,102
20,730 (11.8)
1,086
2.92 (2.882.97)
AI/AN, non-Hispanic
15,996
1,333 (8.3)
844
2.27 (2.152.40)
A/PI, non-Hispanic
31,620
4,040 (12.8)
376
1.01 (0.981.04)
Black, non-Hispanic
310,487
14,459 (4.7)
658
1.77 (1.741.80)
White, non-Hispanic
991,519
51,244 (5.2)
372
Referent
6574
All
682,578
46,618 (6.8)
646

Hispanic
47,429
6,435 (13.6)
1,577
2.83 (2.762.91)
AI/AN, non-Hispanic
4,967
517 (10.4)
1,025
1.84 (1.692.01)
A/PI, non-Hispanic
14,302
1,781 (12.5)
562
1.01 (0.961.06)
Black, non-Hispanic
96,551
5,766 (6.0)
857
1.54 (1.501.58)
White, non-Hispanic
519,329
32,119 (6.2)
556
Referent
≥75
All
783,228
55,789 (7.1)
1102

Hispanic
38,390
4,847 (12.6)
2,027
1.91 (1.851.96)
AI/AN, non-Hispanic
3,229
369 (11.4)
1,302
1.22 (1.111.36)
A/PI, non-Hispanic
15,410
1,538 (10.0)
781
0.73 (0.700.77)
Black, non-Hispanic
71,051
4,575 (6.4)
1,097
1.03 (1.001.06)
White, non-Hispanic 655,148 44,460 (6.8) 1,063 Referent

Abbreviations: AI/AN = American Indian or Alaska Native; A/PI = Asian or Pacific Islander; RR = rate ratio; CI = confidence interval.

* Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin.

ED visits for COVID-19 are defined as ED visits with any of the following: International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes U07.1 or J12.82 or Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine (SNOMED) codes 840539006, 840544004, or 840533007.

§ Race/ethnicity–specific age-stratified visit rates per 100,000 population were calculated using population denominators from the National Center for Health Statistics 2019 bridged-race postcensal population estimates (https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/bridged_race.htm); 38,199 (13.5%) ED visits with patient ethnicity data missing or visits with patient ethnicity identified as non-Hispanic/Latino but missing patient race data were not included in this analysis. Patient race or patient ethnicity categorized as “unknown,” “not categorized,” and “refused to answer” are considered missing.