ER Mortality Dropped by 48% Between 1997-2011

Health Affairs recently published research on emergency department mortality. Here are some key findings from the report:

·         Between 1997 and 2011 there was a 48% reduction in ER deaths.

·         More than 136 million emergency room visits took place in the United States in 2011.

·         40 million of ER visits were injury-related in 2011.

·         12% of ER visits in 2011 resulted in hospital admission.

·         ER mortality rates fell from 1.48 per 1,000 adults in 1997 to 0.77 per 1,000 adults in 2011.

·         In 63% of ER deaths, patients were in cardiac arrest, unconscious or dead on arrival.

Source: Health Affairs, July 6, 2016