Table 3:

Temporal trends in emergency department visits attributable to alcohol use and all-cause emergency department visits, 2003–2016

Characteristic	Women			Men

	2003	2016	Absolute % increase	2003	2016	Absolute % increase
No. of all-cause visits	2 010 480	2 836 984	41.1^*	1 878 141	2 430 534	29.4^*

No. of visits attributable to alcohol	11 868	24 951	110.2^*	27 962	49 669	77.6^*

No. of individuals who visited because of alcohol use	8823	15 408	75.6^*	17 167	27 348	59.3^*

No. of visits attributable to alcohol per year in individuals with an initial visit, mean (95% CI)	1.35 (1.32–1.37)	1.62 (1.59–1.67)	20.9^†	1.63 (1.58–1.66)	1.82 (1.78–1.86)	11.7^†

Age-standardized rate of all-cause visits (per 10 000 population)	3599.73	4312.52	19.8	3506.14	3806.97	8.6

Age-standardized rate of visits attributable to alcohol (per 10 000 population)	20.71	38.62	86.5	51.12	78.31	53.2

Proportion of all visits attributable to alcohol	0.59%	0.88%	49.1	1.49%	2.04%	36.9

Note: CI = confidence interval.
↵* p < 0.001 χ² test comparing change between 2003 and 2016 for men and for women.
↵† p < 0.001 t test on difference in averages between 2003 and 2016 for men and for women.