Emergency Department Visit Rates for Motor Vehicle Crashes by Selected Characteristics: United States, 2019–2020

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• Personal Author:
  Davis, Danielle ; Cairns, Christoper
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
• Description:
  For 2019–2020, an average of 3.8 million emergency department (ED) visits for motor vehicle crash injuries occurred annually. Most injuries from motor vehicle crashes (90.4%) are unintentional and occur among vehicle occupants, and these types of injuries are a leading cause of all injury in the United States. This report presents ED visit rates for injuries related to all types of motor vehicle crashes by age, race and ethnicity, health insurance status, and region. Data for this report are from the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS), an annual nationally representative survey of nonfederal, general, and short-stay hospitals.
  
  Key findings Data from the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey
  
  ● In 2019–2020, the annual average emergency department (ED) visit rate for motor vehicle crash injuries was 11.6 visits per 1,000 people per year.
  
  ● The ED visit rate was highest among patients aged 15–24 (19.1) and then declined with age.
  
  ● The ED visit rate for non-Hispanic Black patients (28.1) was higher than for non-Hispanic White (10.2) and Hispanic (8.7) patients.
  
  ● ED visit rates for patients whose primary expected source of payment was Medicaid, Children’s Health Insurance Program, other state-based program, or no insurance were higher than those for patients who had private insurance or Medicare.
  
  ● The ED visit rate for motor vehicle crash injuries at hospitals in the South (15.0) was the highest among U.S. regions.
  
  Suggested citation Davis D, Cairns C. Emergency department visit rates for motor vehicle crashes by selected characteristics: United States, 2019–2020. NCHS Data Brief, no 466. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2023. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.15620/cdc:125983
  
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• Subjects:
  Accidents, Traffic Emergency Service, Hospital Health Care Surveys Humans Motor Vehicles Wounds And Injuries
• Series:
  NCHS Data Briefs
• Document Type:
  Journal Issue
• Genre:
  Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Issue:
  466
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics
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