In 2022, the most common emergency room (ER) diagnosis was essential (primary) hypertension, which accounted for 3 percent of all ER diagnoses in the U.S. Contact with and (suspected) exposure to COVID-19 was the second most common diagnosis given out in ERs.
Most common emergency room diagnoses in the U.S. in 2022
Characteristic
Percentage of total ER diagnoses
Essential (primary) hypertension
3%
Contact with and (suspected) exposure to COVID-19
2.1%
Other long-term (current) drug therapy
1.4%
Hyperlipidemia, unspecified
1.2%
Type 2 diabetes mellitus without complications
1%
Encounter for screening mammogram for malignant neoplasm of breast
0.9%
Personal history of nicotine dependence
0.7%
Chest pain, unspecified
0.7%
Gastro-esophageal reflux disease without esophagitis
0.6%
Atherosclerotic heart disease of native coronary artery without angina pectoris
0.6%
Shortness of breath
0.6%
Encounter for immunization
0.6%
COVID-19
0.6%
Hypothyroidism, unspecified
0.6%
Encounter for general adult medical examination without abnormal findings
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