During the analyzed period between 2005 and 2016, the ED visit rate in counties that were in the direct path of a hurricane increased by around 48 percentage among those aged 65 years and older in the week the hurricane happened, and around 17 percent in the first week following the hurricane. The numbers are compared to pre-hurricane injury-related ED visit rates. This statistic illustrates the percent change in emergency department (ED) visits in U.S. counties being in the direct path of a hurricane 2005-2016, by age group of injury-related treat-and-release patients.
Change in emergency department visits in U.S. counties being in the direct path of a hurricane 2005-2016, by age group*
* Percentage change in the population rates of injury-related treat-and-release emergency department (ED) visits after a hurricane, compared to pre-hurricane rates.
Direct path: Those disaster-designated counties through which the hurricane traveled directly, based on information from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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AHRQ. (November 17, 2020). Change in emergency department visits in U.S. counties being in the direct path of a hurricane 2005-2016, by age group* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1193059/ed-visits-change-in-counties-direct-path-hurricane-by-age-us/
AHRQ. "Change in emergency department visits in U.S. counties being in the direct path of a hurricane 2005-2016, by age group*." Chart. November 17, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1193059/ed-visits-change-in-counties-direct-path-hurricane-by-age-us/
AHRQ. (2020). Change in emergency department visits in U.S. counties being in the direct path of a hurricane 2005-2016, by age group*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1193059/ed-visits-change-in-counties-direct-path-hurricane-by-age-us/
AHRQ. "Change in Emergency Department Visits in U.S. Counties Being in The Direct Path of a Hurricane 2005-2016, by Age Group*." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Nov 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1193059/ed-visits-change-in-counties-direct-path-hurricane-by-age-us/
AHRQ, Change in emergency department visits in U.S. counties being in the direct path of a hurricane 2005-2016, by age group* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1193059/ed-visits-change-in-counties-direct-path-hurricane-by-age-us/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Change in emergency department visits in U.S. counties being in the direct path of a hurricane 2005-2016, by age group* [Graph], AHRQ, November 17, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1193059/ed-visits-change-in-counties-direct-path-hurricane-by-age-us/
