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Most frequent injury related diagnoses for ED visits in U.S. 2006 and 2014

Number of most frequent injury-related diagnoses among emergency department (ED) visits in the U.S. in 2006 and 2014

The data illustrates the number of most frequent injury-related diagnoses during emergency department (ED) visits in the United States in 2006 and 2014. ED visits due to sprains and strains were diagnosed 6,363,400 times in 2006 and 5,755,500 times in 2014.

Sprains and strains	6363400	5755500
Superficial injury; contusion	6134000	5495200
Open wounds of extremities	3692200	2906900
Open wounds of head; neck; and trunk	2725300	2223300
Fracture of upper limb	1977200	1757000

Most frequent injury related diagnoses for ED visits in U.S. 2006 and 2014

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