ER Visits by Ownership, 1999-2007 - Kaiser State Health Facts

Hospital Emergency Room Visits per 1,000 Population by Ownership Type

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	State/Local Government, 1999	State/Local Government, 2000	State/Local Government, 2001	State/Local Government, 2002	State/Local Government, 2003	State/Local Government, 2004	State/Local Government, 2005	State/Local Government, 2006	State/Local Government, 2007	Non-Profit, 1999	Non-Profit, 2000	Non-Profit, 2001	Non-Profit, 2002	Non-Profit, 2003	Non-Profit, 2004	Non-Profit, 2005	Non-Profit, 2006	Non-Profit, 2007	For-Profit, 1999	For-Profit, 2000	For-Profit, 2001	For-Profit, 2002	For-Profit, 2003	For-Profit, 2004	For-Profit, 2005	For-Profit, 2006	For-Profit, 2007

United States	64	60	61	63	63	62	62	65	66	260	260	267	272	270	272	274	279	282	41	45	44	47	49	49	51	53	52

Alabama	199	192	184	201	192	183	188	227	237	174	172	154	174	168	158	156	118	129	78	102	101	108	116	107	114	133	121
Alaska	30	25	32	43	28	25	25	37	39	197	234	250	312	235	297	385	774	335	38	39	43	42	66	62	83	89	107
Arizona	19	22	17	29	30	24	25	25	24	213	203	185	198	221	222	247	243	237	48	69	63	60	68	59	73	69	74
Arkansas	44	41	42	42	43	40	46	44	45	318	329	319	326	329	322	325	316	322	59	67	67	84	86	82	85	91	89
California	61	59	60	65	58	59	57	63	57	176	182	194	179	162	180	168	180	182	43	44	44	45	41	41	38	40	35
Colorado	61	63	48	79	60	56	60	60	63	214	205	217	204	193	183	201	191	196	52	51	47	50	52	53	61	63	59
Connecticut	46	6	5	6	6	8	8	8	9	364	374	382	396	382	396	404	407	406	NA	8	NA	NA	5	2	3	3	3
Delaware	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	379	364	338	379	367	392	393	449	397	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
District of Columbia	101	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	403	372	402	461	441	498	414	503	518	132	125	188	159	204	178	201	174	266
Florida	60	56	59	60	65	66	62	74	74	182	187	181	195	191	194	198	190	185	121	133	119	142	137	131	128	133	129
Georgia	111	112	103	98	113	112	112	103	101	188	204	213	220	232	213	227	219	219	67	64	59	60	64	66	65	67	73
Hawaii	41	49	42	31	30	48	39	54	49	151	149	178	220	234	210	226	212	215	10	11	14	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Idaho	135	132	138	132	142	136	137	112	107	153	140	129	157	155	169	177	196	200	43	44	44	42	45	39	42	41	40
Illinois	36	30	33	30	33	36	36	34	31	319	320	322	331	330	333	343	342	342	10	11	11	12	21	21	14	21	21
Indiana	110	115	124	118	116	126	101	129	166	230	226	246	254	262	270	268	268	265	17	18	20	23	24	25	44	33	54
Iowa	104	101	103	106	102	103	104	105	108	263	257	256	260	260	258	273	272	282	NA	NA	3	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Kansas	75	81	80	84	83	80	84	83	87	247	225	230	239	224	221	222	226	227	25	24	25	24	40	41	43	44	47
Kentucky	44	48	52	54	51	46	51	50	48	403	377	383	403	405	429	416	400	426	56	58	54	59	62	69	70	71	70
Louisiana	261	245	246	257	249	234	185	210	221	139	142	141	162	165	157	162	173	179	99	92	120	132	142	157	130	111	111
Maine	26	29	30	25	26	23	25	25	24	437	499	516	522	517	518	528	552	521	NA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Maryland	NA	NA	NA	NA	0	NA	NA	NA	NA	314	324	335	347	367	379	377	400	395	8	9	10	10	10	9	9	10	11
Massachusetts	19	12	11	17	27	14	14	14	15	403	389	402	413	408	413	414	443	448	19	26	12	19	22	22	18	31	31
Michigan	29	28	30	30	28	29	29	29	29	328	344	346	369	365	381	383	398	415	1	0	0	2	3	2	1	2	0
Minnesota	63	54	56	60	57	54	60	56	58	223	241	246	259	255	251	274	276	275	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	0	NA	NA
Mississippi	269	261	258	267	271	267	277	279	292	138	137	144	147	156	159	172	170	167	109	121	123	129	127	126	124	121	136
Missouri	66	67	69	69	72	75	75	74	73	342	317	331	329	342	312	314	313	315	33	31	33	38	45	57	62	65	68
Montana	18	10	15	11	12	12	12	13	19	281	290	290	293	316	305	321	339	351	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	0	0
Nebraska	43	45	50	49	39	51	50	45	54	233	230	254	236	250	251	252	253	284	18	18	14	11	18	14	13	15	17
Nevada	92	83	78	64	75	59	63	52	50	75	85	70	101	104	104	108	103	119	125	116	114	124	101	97	124	124	124
New Hampshire	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	370	384	385	390	382	391	403	415	427	40	40	42	42	43	42	72	45	44
New Jersey	9	7	9	6	9	9	9	10	18	345	331	337	335	327	337	340	362	341	0	0	0	2	2	2	4	4	7
New Mexico	62	62	72	76	77	83	61	61	62	195	185	164	225	188	177	156	165	168	38	46	53	80	94	122	168	175	100
New York	68	61	63	71	69	64	71	71	85	318	311	317	317	318	329	324	338	339	6	11	11	3	2	2	1	2	1
North Carolina	111	108	112	114	112	118	134	135	140	243	241	261	266	274	266	278	285	291	17	20	22	20	22	23	25	14	19
North Dakota	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	311	307	341	389	413	400	415	413	427	83	81	67	77	NA	NA	NA	NA	1
Ohio	40	42	39	41	41	40	44	47	44	386	394	405	400	422	427	437	454	464	11	16	6	8	5	5	6	9	8
Oklahoma	96	81	93	92	103	100	90	96	103	193	186	197	205	218	201	197	217	224	61	62	63	74	75	84	116	122	120
Oregon	29	37	27	28	29	27	27	29	29	239	248	275	276	267	275	289	290	303	10	9	15	13	17	18	19	19	16
Pennsylvania	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	384	383	387	391	396	401	401	419	430	1	2	9	19	21	25	32	31	34
Rhode Island	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	426	419	426	439	431	400	424	440	459	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
South Carolina	150	109	122	123	121	114	126	132	126	168	229	205	197	195	183	173	181	184	113	117	127	118	119	107	110	124	118
South Dakota	21	16	16	16	17	16	14	14	13	241	243	252	255	262	261	261	261	265	NA	NA	10	2	2	2	11	6	6
Tennessee	108	93	95	100	102	103	102	99	97	259	261	278	291	308	296	297	243	295	105	102	99	96	94	103	116	120	137
Texas	73	71	70	72	73	71	71	70	68	180	178	188	204	198	186	187	179	184	100	102	108	103	105	98	99	105	101
Utah	26	18	21	18	17	19	19	18	17	192	181	184	202	176	195	180	166	206	105	112	101	124	121	128	124	122	118
Vermont	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	371	387	388	374	406	421	412	420	418	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Virginia	33	33	32	33	26	26	26	26	26	249	253	250	267	267	271	263	281	276	51	62	63	58	81	92	94	93	92
Washington	80	88	92	88	95	94	92	95	95	238	227	246	221	220	219	233	225	251	10	12	6	10	16	21	17	17	17
West Virginia	66	63	65	67	69	71	72	75	78	404	410	430	445	422	432	447	441	465	84	84	92	98	123	121	122	113	103
Wisconsin	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	326	330	343	335	329	330	350	369	371	0	0	0	0	0	7	4	4	5
Wyoming	246	257	254	265	261	277	273	278	279	86	96	94	110	111	99	103	102	97	52	48	50	51	51	50	53	52	58

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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. Values less than .5 have been rounded to zero.
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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