This statistic shows the percentage of adults with at least one hospital emergency room visit in the past twelve months in the U.S. in 2017, by metropolitan statistical area (MSA) status. In 2017, 18.4 percent of adults who did not live in an MSA indicated that they had visited a hospital emergency department at least once in the past twelve months.
Percentage of adults with at least one hospital emergency room visit in the past 12 months in the U.S. in 2017, by metropolitan statistical area status*
*Percentages are adjusted for age, sex, race and Hispanic ethnicity, health insurance status, poverty level, state Medicaid expansion status, and health status. A usual place to go for medical care does not include a hospital emergency room.
Original question: “During the past 12 months, how many times have you gone to a hospital emergency room about your own health?”
MSA: metropolitan statistical area. Large MSA: population of 1 million or more. Small MSA: population of less than 1 million.
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NCHS. (December 4, 2019). Percentage of adults with at least one hospital emergency room visit in the past 12 months in the U.S. in 2017, by metropolitan statistical area status* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1085315/adults-with-at-least-one-emergency-room-visit-in-the-past-year-us-by-msa-status/
NCHS. "Percentage of adults with at least one hospital emergency room visit in the past 12 months in the U.S. in 2017, by metropolitan statistical area status*." Chart. December 4, 2019. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1085315/adults-with-at-least-one-emergency-room-visit-in-the-past-year-us-by-msa-status/
NCHS. (2019). Percentage of adults with at least one hospital emergency room visit in the past 12 months in the U.S. in 2017, by metropolitan statistical area status*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1085315/adults-with-at-least-one-emergency-room-visit-in-the-past-year-us-by-msa-status/
NCHS. "Percentage of Adults with at Least One Hospital Emergency Room Visit in The past 12 Months in The U.S. in 2017, by Metropolitan Statistical Area Status*." Statista, Statista Inc., 4 Dec 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1085315/adults-with-at-least-one-emergency-room-visit-in-the-past-year-us-by-msa-status/
NCHS, Percentage of adults with at least one hospital emergency room visit in the past 12 months in the U.S. in 2017, by metropolitan statistical area status* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1085315/adults-with-at-least-one-emergency-room-visit-in-the-past-year-us-by-msa-status/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Percentage of adults with at least one hospital emergency room visit in the past 12 months in the U.S. in 2017, by metropolitan statistical area status* [Graph], NCHS, December 4, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1085315/adults-with-at-least-one-emergency-room-visit-in-the-past-year-us-by-msa-status/
