TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Emergency department visit rates* for motor vehicle crashes,(†) by age group - United States, 2018(§)
JO  - MMWR: Morbidity and mortality weekly report
A1  - Davis, Danielle
A1  - Ashman, jill J.
A1  - Cairns, Christopher
SP  - 106
EP  - 106
VL  - 70
IS  - 3
N2  - In 2018, the U.S. emergency department (ED) visit rate for motor vehicle crashes was 10.5 visits per 1,000 persons. The ED visit rate for motor vehicle crashes among persons aged 0-14 years was 7.1 ED visits per 1,000 persons. The visit rate for motor vehicle crashes was highest for persons aged 15-24 years (18.6) and declined with age to 11.7 for those aged 25-64 years and to 4.2 for those aged ≥65 years.     Source: National Center for Health Statistics. National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 2018. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/ahcd/ahcd_questionnaires.htm.       * Visit rates are based on the July 1, 2018, set of estimates of the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population as developed by the U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division. 95% confidence intervals indicated with error bars.     † Motor vehicle crashes defined as a visit with International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification codes: [V02-V04] (with fourth character = 1, 9), V09.2, V09.3, [V12-V14, V20-V28] (with fourth character = 3, 4, 5, 9), V19.4-V19.6, V19.9, V29.4-V29.9, [V30-V79] (with fourth character = 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9), [V83-V86] (with fourth character = 0, 1, 2, 3), V80.3-V80.5, V81.1, V82.1, V87.0-V87.8, V89.2, X81.0, X82, Y02.0, Y03, Y32. Injured persons included motor vehicle occupants, motorcyclists, pedal cyclists, and pedestrians.     § 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 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0149-2195
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7003a4
ID  - ref1
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