TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2024//
TI  - Emergency department visits for pedestrians injured in motor vehicle traffic crashes - United States, January 2021-December 2023
JO  - MMWR: Morbidity and mortality weekly report
A1  - Barry, Vaughn
A1  - Van Dyke, Miriam E.
A1  - Nakayama, Jasmine Y.
A1  - Zaganjor, Hatidza
A1  - Sheppard, Michael
A1  - Stein, Zachary
A1  - Radhakrishnan, Lakshmi
A1  - Schweninger, Emily
A1  - Rose, Kenneth
A1  - Whitfield, Geoffrey P.
A1  - West, Bethany
SP  - 387
EP  - 392
VL  - 73
IS  - 17
N2  - 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.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0149-2195
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7317a1
ID  - ref1
ER  -