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- Title
Emergency Department Visits for Pedestrians Injured in Motor Vehicle Traffic Crashes -- United States, January 2021-December 2023.
- Authors
Barry, Vaughn; Van Dyke, Miriam E.; Nakayama, Jasmine Y.; Zaganjor, Hatidza; Sheppard, Michael; Stein, Zachary; Radhakrishnan, Lakshmi; Schweninger, Emily; Rose, Kenneth; Whitfield, Geoffrey P.; West, Bethany
- Abstract
Traffic-related pedestrian deaths in the United States reached a 40-year high in 2021. Each year, pedestrians also suffer nonfatal traffic-related injuries requiring medical treatment. Near real-time emergency department visit data from CDC's National Syndromic Surveillance Program during January 2021-December 2023 indicated that among approximately 301 million visits identified, 137,325 involved a pedestrian injury (overall visit proportion = 45.62 per 100,000 visits). The proportions of visits for pedestrian injury were 1.53-2.47 times as high among six racial and ethnic minority groups as that among non-Hispanic White persons. Compared with persons aged =65 years, proportions among those aged 15-24 and 25-34 years were 2.83 and 2.61 times as high, respectively. The visit proportion was 1.93 times as high among males as among females, and 1.21 times as high during September-November as during June-August. Timely pedestrian injury data can help collaborating federal, state, and local partners rapidly monitor trends, identify disparities, and implement strategies supporting the Safe System approach, a framework for preventing traffic injuries among all road users.
- Subjects
PEDESTRIAN accidents; TRAFFIC accidents; MEDICAL emergencies; THERAPEUTICS; MINORITIES
- Publication
MMWR: Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, 2024, Vol 73, Issue 17, p387
- ISSN
0149-2195
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.15585/mmwr.mm7317a1