Table 1 Distribution of Hospital Visits and Admissions in New York State (May – September 2008 – 2012)

Number of cases

8,703 (23.29)

59,828 (23.70)

50,008 (23.69)

827,051 (23.49)

 Inpatient hospitalizations

1,338

28,938

48,943

614,062

 ED cases

7,365

30,890

1,065

212,989

Control days

28,664 (76.71)

192,571 (76.30)

161,089 (76.31)

2,693,862 (76.51)

 May

755 (8.68)

11,198 (18.72)

8,898 (17.79)

176,141 (21.30)

 June

2,243 (25.77)

12,575 (21.02)

10,324 (20.64)

164,132 (19.85)

 July

4,009 (46.06)

14,414 (24.09)

11,264 (22.52)

163,281 (19.74)

 August

1,278 (14.68)

11,776 (19.68)

10,352 (20.70)

162,873 (19.69)

 September

418 (4.80)

9,865 (16.49)

9,170 (18.34)

160,624 (19.42)

 ≤ 4

124 (1.42)

7,078 (11.83)

44 (0.09)

1,946 (0.24)

 5 – 24

2,344 (26.93)

8,856 (14.80)

600 (1.20)

15,619 (1.89)

 25 – 44

2,310 (26.54)

7,941 (13.27)

2,660 (5.32)

77,147 (9.33)

 45 – 64

2,180 (25.05)

11,202 (18.72)

12,320 (24.64)

265,822 (32.14)

 65 – 84

1,353 (15.55)

15,918 (26.61)

23,508 (47.01)

347,501 (42.02)

 ≥ 85

392 (4.50)

8,833 (14.76)

10,876 (21.75)

119,016 (14.39)

 Male

5,106 (58.67)

26,063 (43.56)

25,891 (51.77)

421,710 (50.99)

 Female

3,597 (41.33)

33,764 (56.44)

24,117 (48.23)

405,331 (49.01)

 Missing

-

1 (0.00)

-

10 (0.00)

 White, Non-Hispanic

5,288 (60.76)

37,486 (62.66)

30,016 (60.02)

487,602 (58.96)

 Hispanic

1,144 (13.14)

7,283 (12.17)

4,928 (9.85)

88,164 (10.66)

 Black, Non-Hispanic

1,482 (17.03)

9,193 (15.37)

10,522 (21.04)

160,396 (19.39)

 Other

707 (8.12)

5,525 (9.23)

4,371 (8.74)

87,130 (10.54)

 Missing/Unknown

82 (0.94)

341 (0.57)

171 (0.34)

3,759 (0.45)

NYC

2,964 (34.06)

21,662 (36.21)

21,665 (43.32)

361,219 (43.68)

Rest of NYS

5,739 (65.94)

38,166 (63.79)

28,343 (56.68)

465,832 (56.32)