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Table 3 Selected Reason for Visit and Emergency Department Diagnosis among ED Patients with Depression, NHAMCS 2014–2016

From: Analysis of emergency department visits for all reasons by adults with depression in the United States

Reason for ED Visit

Unweighted Sample (%)

Weighted Sample (%)

All

No Depression

Depression

All

No Depression

Depression

General

8187 (19.1)

7126 (18.9)

1061 (20.8)

53,664,580 (19.3)

46,862,329 (19.0)

6,802,251 (21.4)

Psychiatric

1700 (4.0)

972 (2.6)

728 (14.3)

9,426,523 (3.4)

5,550,218 (2.3)

3,876,305 (12.2)

Neurologic

3304 (7.7)

2927 (7.8)

377 (7.4)

20,833,741 (7.5)

18,542,430 (7.5)

2,291,311 (7.2)

Cardiovascular and Lymphatic

889 (2.1)

810 (2.2)

79 (1.6)

5,993,917 (2.2)

5,512,635 (2.2)

481,282 (1.5)

Eyes and/or Ears

848 (2.0)

784 (2.1)

64 (1.3)

5,778,778 (2.1)

5,233,633 (2.1)

545,145 (1.7)

Respiratory

4198 (9.8)

3762 (10.0)

436 (8.6)

27,856,021 (10.0)

25,021,474 (10.2)

2,834,547 (8.9)

Digestive

6807 (15.9)

6093 (16.2)

714 (14.0)

46,038,272 (16.5)

41,187,597 (16.7)

4,850,675 (15.2)

Genitourinary

2477 (5.8)

2281 (6.1)

196 (3.9)

14,984,361 (5.4)

13,934,779 (5.7)

1,049,581 (3.3)

Dermatologic

1333 (3.1)

1231 (3.3)

102 (2.0)

8,716,118 (3.1)

8,018,952 (3.3)

697,166 (2.2)

Musculoskeletal

6519 (15.2)

5891 (15.6)

628 (12.3)

42,820,579 (15.4)

38,855,925 (15.8)

3,964,654 (12.5)

Other

6501 (15.2)

5796 (15.4)

705 (13.9)

42,147,135 (15.1)

37,695,947 (15.3)

4,451,188 (14.0)