TABLE 1.
Descriptive statistics of New York City emergency department visits and hospitalisations from May to September, 2005–2011
| Characteristics | Emergency department visits (n = 2,252,550) | Hospitalisations (n = 228,006) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | |
| Age (years) | ||||
| 0–4 | 1,003,993 | 44.6 | 97,430 | 42.7 |
| 5–12 | 697,221 | 31.0 | 54,972 | 27.4 |
| 13–18 | 551,336 | 24.5 | 75,604 | 33.2 |
| Female sex | 1,059,675 | 47.0 | 110,336 | 48.4 |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||
| Hispanic | 729,618 | 32.4 | 69,661 | 30.6 |
| Non‐Hispanic Black | 746,141 | 33.1 | 70,854 | 31.1 |
| Non‐Hispanic Other | 526,818 | 23.4 | 48,593 | 21.3 |
| Non‐Hispanic White | 240,617 | 10.7 | 36,607 | 16.1 |
| Unknown | 9156 | 0.4 | 2291 | 1.0 |