TABLE 1—
Description of Patients Experiencing Homelessness Who Visited an Emergency Department: San Diego, CA, May–September 2012–2019
| Characteristic | No. (%) |
| Age, y | |
| 18–44 | 9 666 (39.15) |
| 45–64 | 13 437 (54.43) |
| ≥ 65 | 1 585 (6.42) |
| Ethnicity | |
| Hispanic | 3 448 (13.97) |
| Non-Hispanic | 20 729 (83.96) |
| Unknown | 511 (2.07) |
| Race | |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 68 (0.28) |
| Asian | 117 (0.47) |
| Black/African American | 4 829 (19.56) |
| Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | 35 (0.14) |
| Other race/mixed race | 4 298 (17.41) |
| Unknown | 539 (2.18) |
| White | 14 802 (59.96) |
| Psychiatric consultation | |
| No | 21 202 (85.88) |
| Yes | 3 486 (14.12) |
| Time of admission | |
| Day (7:00 am to 6:59 pm) | 15 381 (62.30) |
| Night (7:00 pm to 6:59 am) | 9 307 (37.70) |
| Method of transportation to ED | |
| Emergency | 12 703 (51.46) |
| Personal | 10 436 (42.28) |
| Other | 1 545 (6.26) |
Note. ED = emergency department. The population size was n = 24 688.