The District of Columbia has the highest rate of emergency room visits in the U.S., according to the most recently available data from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
The Kaiser Family Foundation analyzed data from the 1999-2017 American Hospital Association Annual Survey.
Here are ER visit per 1,000 population in all 50 states and the District of Columbia in 2017 (the most recent data available):
Note: The list includes ties and results in a numerical listing of 45.
1. District of Columbia: 698
2. West Virginia: 648
3. Louisiana: 618
4. Ohio: 611
5. Mississippi: 604
6. Kentucky: 580
7. Alaska: 551
8. North Dakota: 538
9. Tennessee: 519
10. Indiana: 514
Pennsylvania: 514
Vermont: 514
11. South Carolina: 513
12. Michigan: 511
13. Missouri: 504
14. New Hampshire: 498
15. Arkansas: 496
16. Oklahoma: 492
17. Maine: 486
18. Massachusetts: 485
19. Connecticut: 480
Montana: 480
20. Alabama: 479
21. New Mexico: 475
22. North Carolina: 473
23. Delaware: 467
24. Georgia: 455
25. Illinois: 448
26. Florida: 438
Wyoming: 438
25. Iowa: 436
26. New York: 433
27. New Jersey: 431
28. Wisconsin: 429
29. Virginia: 423
30. Texas: 422
31. Nebraska: 420
32. Kansas: 418
33. Washington: 398
34. Idaho: 394
35. Maryland: 392
36. Rhode Island: 390
37. Oregon: 378
38. South Dakota: 375
39. Minnesota: 372
40. Utah: 358
41. Colorado: 355
42. California: 341
43. Nevada: 323
44. Arizona: 319
45. Hawaii: 317
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