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QuickStats: Rates of Emergency Department Visits* for Children and Adolescents with Acute Upper Respiratory Infection,† by Age Group — United States, 2021–2022
Weekly / October 3, 2024 / 73(39);888
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* With 95% CIs indicated by error bars. Visit rates are based on U.S. Census Bureau estimates of the U.S. civilian, noninstitutionalized population as of July 1 of each year. Estimates are based on a sample of visits to emergency departments in noninstitutional general and short-stay hospitals, exclusive of federal, military, and Veterans Administration hospitals, located in the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
† Visits with an acute upper respiratory infection (viral or bacterial) recorded as first listed diagnosis using International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification codes J00–J06.
In 2021–2022, the rate for emergency department (ED) visits for children and adolescents with acute upper respiratory infection was 38.6 per 1,000 persons aged <18 years. The ED visit rate was highest for infants aged <1 year (120.5) and decreased by age, with the lowest rate among adolescents aged 12–17 years (14.4).
Supplementary Table: https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/162215
Source: National Center for Health Statistics, National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 2021–2022.
Reported by: Loredana Santo, MD, lsanto@cdc.gov; Jill J. Ashman, PhD; Michelle Olton, MPH.
For more information on this topic, CDC recommends the following links: https://www.cdc.gov/respiratory-viruses/about/index.html and https://www.cdc.gov/pneumonia/prevention/index.html.
Suggested citation for this article: QuickStats: Rates of Emergency Department Visits for Children and Adolescents with Acute Upper Respiratory Infection, by Age Group — United States, 2021–2022. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2024;73:888. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7339a5.
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