ER Visits, 1999-2007 - Kaiser State Health Facts

Hospital Emergency Room Visits per 1,000 Population, 1999-2007

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	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007

United States	365	366	372	382	382	383	387	396	401

Alabama	451	465	439	483	476	448	459	478	487
Alaska	265	298	325	397	329	385	492	901	481
Arizona	280	294	265	287	319	304	345	336	335
Arkansas	421	437	428	452	459	444	455	451	457
California	280	285	297	289	261	280	262	283	274
Colorado	327	318	312	333	304	292	322	314	318
Connecticut	410	388	387	403	393	406	415	419	417
Delaware	379	364	338	379	367	392	393	449	397
District of Columbia	636	497	590	620	645	675	615	677	784
Florida	363	376	359	397	392	390	388	397	388
Georgia	366	380	375	378	408	392	403	389	393
Hawaii	202	209	234	251	264	258	264	266	264
Idaho	331	315	311	331	343	344	357	349	348
Illinois	365	362	366	373	385	389	393	398	394
Indiana	357	359	389	396	402	422	414	429	485
Iowa	367	359	363	365	362	361	377	378	390
Kansas	347	330	336	347	347	342	349	353	361
Kentucky	502	483	488	516	519	545	536	521	543
Louisiana	499	480	508	552	556	548	476	494	511
Maine	463	528	545	548	542	541	553	576	545
Maryland	322	332	344	357	377	389	386	410	407
Massachusetts	441	427	425	449	456	449	446	488	494
Michigan	358	372	375	401	396	411	414	428	444
Minnesota	286	295	302	319	312	306	335	332	332
Mississippi	516	519	525	543	554	552	573	569	595
Missouri	441	415	434	437	459	445	452	453	456
Montana	298	300	305	304	329	318	333	352	371
Nebraska	295	292	317	296	307	316	315	313	355
Nevada	291	284	262	289	279	260	295	280	293
New Hampshire	409	424	427	432	425	434	475	461	471
New Jersey	354	338	345	343	338	349	354	376	366
New Mexico	295	292	289	381	359	381	385	400	330
New York	392	383	391	391	390	395	396	411	425
North Carolina	372	369	394	400	408	408	436	434	449
North Dakota	394	388	408	465	413	400	415	413	429
Ohio	436	452	450	449	468	472	488	509	516
Oklahoma	349	328	354	370	396	385	403	435	447
Oregon	278	294	316	317	312	319	334	339	347
Pennsylvania	385	385	396	410	417	426	434	450	464
Rhode Island	426	419	426	439	431	400	424	440	459
South Carolina	431	455	453	438	436	404	410	437	429
South Dakota	262	259	279	274	281	279	287	282	284
Tennessee	472	456	472	486	504	502	514	462	528
Texas	353	352	366	379	376	354	358	354	353
Utah	323	311	307	344	315	342	323	306	341
Vermont	371	387	388	374	406	421	412	420	418
Virginia	333	348	345	358	375	390	382	401	394
Washington	328	327	344	319	331	334	342	337	362
West Virginia	555	557	587	610	614	624	642	629	647
Wisconsin	328	332	345	337	331	338	356	375	376
Wyoming	384	402	398	427	423	426	430	432	435

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Notes:	Data are for community hospitals, which represent 85% of all hospitals. Federal hospitals, long term care hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, institutions for the mentally retarded, and alcoholism and other chemical dependency hospitals are not included.
Sources:	Calculation based on 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 AHA Annual Surveys. Copyright 2009 by Health Forum LLC, an affiliate of the American Hospital Association, available at http://www.ahaonlinestore.com/ProductDisplay.asp?ProductID=637; Annual Population Estimates by State, July 1, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007 Populations, U.S. Census Bureau, available at http://www.census.gov/popest/states/NST-ann-est.html.
Definitions:	NA: Not applicable when state/local government, non-profit, or for-profit hospitals do not exist in the state. Community Hospitals: All nonfederal, short-term general, and specialty hospitals whose facilities and services are available to the public.

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