Emergency department visit rates by adults with diabetes : United States, 2020–2021

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• Personal Author:
  Santo, Loredana ; Schappert, Susan M. ; Ashman, Jill J.
• Description:
  In 2021, diabetes was the eighth leading cause of death in the United States (1). Over 37 million Americans have diabetes (2). While it most often develops in people older than age 45 (3), its frequency is increasing in young adults (4). Among people with diabetes, increasing age is a risk factor for hospitalization (5). Emergency department (ED) visits by people with diabetes have been used to monitor access to care and healthcare use (6). This report describes ED visits made by adults with diabetes, and presents selected characteristics by age.
  
  Key findings
  
  Data from the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey
  
  ● In 2020–2021, the emergency department visit rate by adults with diabetes was 72.2 visits per 1,000 adults, and the rate increased with age.
  
  ● Emergency department visit rates by adults with diabetes were highest among Black non-Hispanic people (136.6 visits per 1,000 adults per year) and higher among White non-Hispanic people (69.9) compared with Hispanic people (52.3).
  
  ● In 2020–2021, the emergency department visit rate by adults with diabetes and two to four other chronic conditions was 541.4 per 1,000 adults per year and increased with age.
  
  ● Emergency department visit rates by adults with diabetes increased from 48.6 visits per 1,000 adults in 2012 to 74.9 visits per 1,000 adults in 2021.
  
  
• Series:
  NCHS Data Briefs
• Document Type:
  Journal Issue
• Name as Subject:
  National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (U.S.) ; National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (U.S.)
• Genre:
  Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• CIO:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
• Pages in Document:
  7 numbered pages
• Issue:
  487
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:408b7208f88c7adf2027584570e4dea2cfaffa95bebba2885ef4137ce6304f91
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/134505/cdc_134505_DS1.pdf
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