The National Center for Health Statistics' 1999 National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey reports that there were 21,882,000 ED visits by children under age 15 (36.4 per 100 persons per year). There were 15,535,000 ED visits by those aged 15-24 years (40.9 per 100 persons per year). These results are available at www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/ad/ad320, pdf. Also visit www.ems-c.org, the website for the Emergency Medical Services for Children National Resource Center for more information.
Office
of School Health
University of Colorado Denver
Campus Box F-541 P.O. Box 6508,
Aurora, CO 80045
303-724-0644
• http://www.uchsc.edu/schoolhealth
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