ED visits change in counties remote from hurricane path by age U.S. 2005-2016

During the analyzed period between 2005 and 2016, the ED visit rate in counties that were remote from a hurricane's path increased by around 11.5 percentage among those aged 65 years and older in the week the hurricane happened, and around 3.4 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 in the same state of a hurricane 2005-2016, by age group of injury-related treat-and-release patients.

Change in emergency department visits in U.S. counties remote from of a hurricane's path 2005-2016, by age group*

Age in years	Week of Hurricane	1 Week Posthurricane	2 Weeks Posthurricane	3 Weeks Posthurricane
0-17	-5.8%	1.8%	9.5%	10.3%
18-64	-1.7%	-0.6%	-2.1%	-3.9%
65+	11.5%	3.4%	3%	-0.5%

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November 2020

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United States

Survey time period

2005 to 2016

Supplementary notes

* Percentage change in the population rates of injury-related treat-and-release emergency department (ED) visits 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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