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Published in final edited form as: Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2022 Jul 10;78:28–34. doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2022.07.003

Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics for ED depression visits by concurrent injury, suicidal ideation, or neither, United States, 2007–2018

Overall (N=3,681,581) With Concurrent Injury (N=1,620,793) No, Injury, With SI (N=300,128) Without Injury or SI (N=1,760,660)
% 95% CI % 95% CI % 95% CI % 95% CI
Admit 35.2% [34.2–36.1] 37.9% [36.7–39.1] 39.7% [37.3–42.1] 31.9% [30.8–33.0]
 LOS, days (mean) 5.33 [5.24–5.43] 4.79 [4.71–4.87] 5.81 [5.60–6.02] 5.82 [5.68–5.96]
Female 54.0% [53.7–54.4] 58.9% [58.5–59.4] 45.8% [45.3–46.3] 50.8% [50.4–51.1]
Age 43.90 [43.74–44.07] 45.91 [45.69–46.13] 39.30 [39.11–39.49] 42.79 [42.65–42.94]
Any Insurance 81.6% [80.9–82.2] 82.2% [81.6–82.8] 84.2% [82.7–85.6] 80.6% [79.8–81.4]
Any Medicare 24.7% [24.3–25.0] 28.2% [27.8–28.6] 18.6% [18.1–19.0] 22.4% [22.0–22.7]
Any Private Insurance 30.2% [29.6–30.9] 31.9% [31.2–32.6] 27.7% [26.7–28.6] 29.1% [28.4–29.9]
Any Medicaid 33.5% [32.7–34.2] 29.2% [28.4–29.9] 43.2% [41.7–44.6] 35.9% [35.0–36.8]
Elixhauser Comorbidities
Congestive Heart Failure 1.9% [1.9–2.0] 2.6% [2.5–2.7] 1.3% [1.2–1.3] 1.4% [1.3–1.4]
Cardiac Arrhythmia 4.5% [4.4–4.6] 5.9% [5.7–6.0] 3.0% [2.8–3.1] 3.4% [3.3–3.5]
Hypertension, uncomplicated 24.1% [23.8–24.5] 27.6% [27.2–28.0] 19.6% [19.1–20.1] 21.6% [21.2–22.0]
Neurological Disorder, not paralysis 5.4% [5.3–5.5] 5.9% [5.8–6.0] 4.0% [3.8–4.2] 5.2% [5.1–5.3]
Chronic Pulmonary Disease 11.0% [10.8–11.3] 13.1% [12.8–13.4] 10.3% [9.9–10.7] 9.3% [9.0–9.5]
Diabetes, uncomplicated 8.5% [8.3–8.6] 10.1% [9.9–10.3] 6.1% [6.0–6.3] 7.3% [7.2–7.4]
Diabetes, complicated 1.2% [1.2–1.3] 1.2% [1.1–1.3] 2.3% [2.2–2.4] 1.0% [1.0–1.1]
Hypothyroidism 5.2% [5.0–5.3] 6.7% [6.5–6.8] 3.6% [3.5–3.8] 4.0% [3.9–4.1]
Renal Failure 1.6% [1.6–1.7] 2.2% [2.1–2.3] 1.2% [1.1–1.3] 1.2% [1.1–1.2]
Liver Disease 2.3% [2.2–2.4] 1.9% [1.8–1.9] 1.8% [1.7–1.9] 2.8% [2.7–2.9]
Obesity 3.5% [3.4–3.6] 4.1% [3.9–4.3] 4.0% [3.7–4.3] 2.8% [2.7–3.0]
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorders 6.5% [6.4–6.7] 7.3% [7.1–7.6] 4.4% [4.1–4.7] 6.1% [5.9–6.3]
Alcohol Abuse 22.1% [21.7–22.5] 16.9% [16.4–17.3] 21.1% [20.4–21.7] 27.2% [26.7–27.7]
Drug Abuse 19.7% [19.2–20.1] 15.8% [15.3–16.3] 27.3% [26.5–28.2] 21.9% [21.5–22.4]
Psychoses 7.5% [7.3–7.7] 4.9% [4.7–5.1] 8.9% [8.4–9.3] 9.6% [9.3–9.9]
Hypertension, complicated 1.5% [1.5–1.6] 1.9% [1.8–2.0] 1.5% [1.5–1.6] 1.2% [1.1–1.2]
Elixhauser Weighted Sum 2.34 [2.32–2.35] 2.37 [2.35–2.39] 2.25 [2.22–2.28] 2.32 [2.30–2.34]

National Emergency Department Sample, 2007–2018, analysis limited to those age 10–90 years. N=3,681,581. SI=suicidal ideation. LOS=Length of stay. LOS variable taken over the subset of n=1,159,777 admissions. Results based on weighted sampling.