During the analyzed period between 2005 and 2016, the ED visit rates resulting in admission in counties that were remote from a hurricane's path increased by around 10.3 percent among those aged 65 years and older in the week the hurricane happened, and around 3.8 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 resulting in admission in U.S. counties being in the same state of a hurricane 2005-2016, by age group.
Change in ED visits resulting in admission in U.S. counties remote from a hurricane's path 2005-2016, by age group*
* Percentage change in the population rates of injury-related emergency department (ED) visits resulting in admission after a hurricane, compared to pre-hurricane rates.
Remote counties were other counties in a hurricane-affected State that were neither in the direct path nor near the path of the hurricane.
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AHRQ. (November 17, 2020). Change in ED visits resulting in admission in U.S. counties remote from a hurricane's path 2005-2016, by age group* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 31, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1195127/ed-visits-resulting-in-admission-change-in-counties-remote-from-hurricane-by-age-us/
AHRQ. "Change in ED visits resulting in admission in U.S. counties remote from a hurricane's path 2005-2016, by age group*." Chart. November 17, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 31, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1195127/ed-visits-resulting-in-admission-change-in-counties-remote-from-hurricane-by-age-us/
AHRQ. (2020). Change in ED visits resulting in admission in U.S. counties remote from a hurricane's path 2005-2016, by age group*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 31, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1195127/ed-visits-resulting-in-admission-change-in-counties-remote-from-hurricane-by-age-us/
AHRQ. "Change in Ed Visits Resulting in Admission in U.S. Counties Remote from a Hurricane's Path 2005-2016, by Age Group*." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Nov 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1195127/ed-visits-resulting-in-admission-change-in-counties-remote-from-hurricane-by-age-us/
AHRQ, Change in ED visits resulting in admission in U.S. counties remote from a hurricane's path 2005-2016, by age group* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1195127/ed-visits-resulting-in-admission-change-in-counties-remote-from-hurricane-by-age-us/ (last visited December 31, 2024)
Change in ED visits resulting in admission in U.S. counties remote from a hurricane's path 2005-2016, by age group* [Graph], AHRQ, November 17, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1195127/ed-visits-resulting-in-admission-change-in-counties-remote-from-hurricane-by-age-us/
