Table 1.
Deaths within 7 days of an ED visit from 2018 to 2020 listed by diagnosis.
| 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2020 vs. 2018 & 2019 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ED Visit, n | Deaths, n (Fatality, %) | ED Visit, n | Deaths, n (Fatality, %) | ED Visit, n | Deaths, n (Fatality, %) | ED Visit Change, % | Death Change, % | Fatality | ||
| Rate Change, % | p-Value | |||||||||
| LAD | 196,564 | 69 (0.04) | 174,181 | 58 (0.03) | 99,692 | 71 (0.07) | −46.22 | 11.81 | 0.04 | <0.01 ** |
| SARI | 77,660 | 979 (1.26) | 64,279 | 931 (1.45) | 31,193 | 935 (3.00) | −56.05 | −2.09 | 1.65 | <0.01 ** |
| AHS | 4553 | 466 (10.24) | 4881 | 490 (10.04) | 4706 | 506 (10.75) | −0.23 | 5.86 | 0.62 | 0.25 |
| AIS | 10,357 | 211 (2.04) | 11,792 | 231 (1.96) | 11,468 | 258 (2.25) | 3.55 | 16.74 | 0.25 | 0.12 |
| AMI | 5351 | 374 (6.99) | 5594 | 371 (6.63) | 5456 | 384 (7.04) | −0.30 | 3.09 | 0.23 | 0.58 |
| CA | 3291 | 2833 (86.08) | 3611 | 3163 (87.59) | 3915 | 3419 (87.33) | 13.45 | 14.04 | 0.46 | 0.50 |
** p < 0.01. ED = emergency department, LAD = low-acuity disease, SARI = severe acute respiratory infection, AHS = acute hemorrhagic stroke, AIS = acute ischemic stroke, AMI = acute myocardial infarction, CA = cardiac arrest.