Child Emergency Room Visits Indicator

Child Emergency Room Visits measures the number of children 19 and under who visited emergency rooms for treatment of a disease or injury.

Latest Measure (2015)

Child Emergency Room Visits Score 27 Indicator scores are represented on a scale from 1 to 100.
Disparity Ratio 4.03 Disparity direction: black-white
Emergency room visits per 1,000 children 19 and under

Black children are more than four times as likely as white children to visit an emergency room for care.

Source: Missouri Department of Health and Social Services

Dates

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