The graph displays the most commonly recorded ER diagnoses in the U.S. in 2017. In that year, there were around 1.3 million diagnoses of headache in emergency rooms at hospitals in the U.S., making it one of the most common diagnoses that year.
Most common emergency room diagnoses in the U.S. in 2017
Characteristic
Number of diagnoses
Other chest pain, chest pain unspecified
4,346,349
Acute upper respiratory infection, unspecified
2,504,641
Urinary tract infection, site not specified
1,485,188
Headache
1,346,546
Unspecified abdominal pain
1,300,583
 Syncope and collapse
1,084,963
 Noninfective gastroenteritis and colitis, unspecified
1,037,738
 Dizziness and giddiness
973,404
 Low back pain
947,389
 Unspecified injury of head, initial encounter
936,779
 Nausea with vomiting, unspecified
923,386
 Acute pharyngitis, unspecified
918,589
 Unspecified asthma with (acute) exacerbation
907,744
 Constipation, unspecified
854,185
 Acute bronchitis, unspecified
831,156
 Strain of muscle, fascia and tendon at neck level, initial encounter
796,144
 Fever, unspecified
745,105
 Other specified disorders of teeth and supporting structures
716,165
 Epigastric pain
677,577
 Strain of muscle, fascia and tendon of lower back, initial encounter
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