Here is a list of the 25 states with the highest emergency room visits per 1,000 population in 2010, based on data from the 2010 American Hospital Association Survey reported by Kaiser State Health Facts.
The data are for community hospitals, which AHA defines as nonfederal, short-term general and specialty hospitals whose facilities and services are available to the public. These hospitals account for 85 percent of all hospitals, according to Kaiser State Health Facts.
U.S. average — 411
District of Columbia — 712
West Virginia — 652
Maine — 595
Mississippi — 574
Vermont — 564
Ohio — 553
Louisiana — 553
Kentucky — 549
North Dakota — 524
New Hampshire — 507
Tennessee — 492
Indiana — 491
Pennsylvania — 482
Alabama — 482
Massachusetts — 481
Missouri — 479
Arkansas — 471
Rhode Island — 470
Oklahoma — 469
Connecticut — 464
Michigan — 461
Delaware — 452
North Carolina — 446
Maryland — 425
Georgia — 422
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The data are for community hospitals, which AHA defines as nonfederal, short-term general and specialty hospitals whose facilities and services are available to the public. These hospitals account for 85 percent of all hospitals, according to Kaiser State Health Facts.
U.S. average — 411
District of Columbia — 712
West Virginia — 652
Maine — 595
Mississippi — 574
Vermont — 564
Ohio — 553
Louisiana — 553
Kentucky — 549
North Dakota — 524
New Hampshire — 507
Tennessee — 492
Indiana — 491
Pennsylvania — 482
Alabama — 482
Massachusetts — 481
Missouri — 479
Arkansas — 471
Rhode Island — 470
Oklahoma — 469
Connecticut — 464
Michigan — 461
Delaware — 452
North Carolina — 446
Maryland — 425
Georgia — 422
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