Work-Related Emergency Department Visits in New York State: 2005–2010

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• Corporate Authors:
  New York State Department of Health
• Description:
  Emergency department (ED) visit data can provide an opportunity to better understand the extent and nature of occupational injuries and illnesses in New York State (NYS). Although work-related illnesses and injuries treated in EDs are usually less severe than those cases requiring hospitalization, there are many more work-related ED visits occurring annually. There were an estimated 2.6 million nonfatal work-related occupational injuries and illnesses treated in the United State (U.S.) hospital EDs in 2005 and more than 3.4 million in 2010. The overall rate of work-related ED visits in the U.S. has also increased from 1,934 ED visits per 100,000 workers in 2005 to 2,444 ED visits per 100,000 workers in 2010. In NYS, there are on average, 193,000 work-related ED visits each year, although the number has varied from a low of about 171,500 in 2005 to a high of more than 213,000 in 2010. The overall rate of work-related ED visits in NYS has increased from 1,918.7 ED visits per 100,000 workers in 2005 to 2,208.9 ED visits per 100,000 workers in 2010 (data not shown). This increase over time is statistically significant (p-value < 0.01). It should be noted that NYS ED data has only been available since 2005, so all data analyses presented here are conducted only on 2005-2010 data. In NYS overall, there is a statistically significant increase in the rate of work-related ED visits among females from 1,389.2 ED visits per 100,000 employed persons in 2005 to 1,712.9 ED visits per 100,000 employed persons in 2010. There is also a statistically significant increase in males over time (2,394.7 ED visits per 100,000 employed in 2005 to 2,658.4 ED visits per 100,000 employed in 2010) (data not shown). It is often useful, for purposes of analysis, to divide the state into two regions: Upstate (all regions of the state excluding the five boroughs of New York City) and New York City (NYC). Much of the data presented in this chapter are broken down geographically. As seen in Figure 4.1, when broken down geographically, the rate of work-related ED visits is greater in upstate New York than NYC (similar to hospitalizations), regardless of gender with the exception of 2007 in which the rate of work-related ED visits was higher in NYC males than upstate males. Other chapters are available at this link: https://www.health.ny.gov/environmental/workplace/occupational_health_surveillance/indicators_report.htm. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Delivery Of Health Care Emergency Responders Epidemiology Occupational Health Public Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Emergency Treatment Injuries Medical Care Occupational Health Public Health Surveillance
• Publisher:
  New York State Department of Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; OSHA Region 2
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20066821
• Citation:
  Occupational health indicators in New York state: 2000-2010. Albany, NY: New York State Department of Health, 2016 Sep; :1-6
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2016
• Performing Organization:
  New York State Department of Health/Health Research Incorporated
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Occupational health indicators in New York state: 2000-2010
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/230931/cdc_230931_DS1.pdf
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