Emergency Department Visits For Injury & Illness Among Adults Aged 65 & Over: United States, 2012–2013

On February 15, 2017, the federal Department of Health and Human Services (DHS) National Center of Health Statistics (NCHS) released this data brief on emergency department (ED) visits for injury and illness among adults aged 65 and over for 2012–2013. The brief analyzed nationally representative data from the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS) to describe and compare characteristics of ED visits resulting from injury and illness in older patients.

Statistics included are:

Emergency department visit rates for injury and illness among older adults, and variations by age,
Emergency department visit rate variation by gender,
Emergency department arrival . . .