Reduce emergency department visits for medication overdoses in children under 5 years — MPS‑01 Data

National Status: Little or no detectable change

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Most Recent Data:
24.6 estimated emergency department visits for medication overdoses per 10,000 children (2022-23)

National Target:
16.6 per 10,000

Desired Direction:
Decrease desired

National Baseline:
25.6 estimated emergency department visits for medication overdoses per 10,000 children under 5 years occurred in 2016-17

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Emergency department visits for medication overdoses in children, 2016-17 to 2022-23 ^◊
(estimated emergency department visits for medication overdoses per 10,000 children)
Decrease desired

Population	2016-17	2018-19	2020-21	2022-23
Total	25.6 CI 19.5 / 31.7 SE 3.121	21.3 CI 17.2 / 25.5 SE 2.109	18.0 CI 13.6 / 22.3 SE 2.221	24.6 CI 17.5 / 31.7 SE 3.619

Emergency department visits for medication overdoses in children by Sex, 2016-17 to 2022-23 ^◊
(estimated emergency department visits for medication overdoses per 10,000 children)
Decrease desired

Population	2016-17	2018-19	2020-21	2022-23
Male	27.3 CI 20.4 / 34.1 SE 3.490	22.7 CI 17.9 / 27.4 SE 2.420	18.8 CI 13.7 / 23.9 SE 2.600	26.1 CI 18.6 / 33.6 SE 3.817
Female	23.8 CI 18.1 / 29.5 SE 2.920	20.0 CI 15.9 / 24.0 SE 2.069	17.1 CI 12.9 / 21.2 SE 2.101	23.1 CI 16.2 / 30.1 SE 3.545

Emergency department visits for medication overdoses in children by Race/Ethnicity, 2016-17 to 2022-23 ^◊
(estimated emergency department visits for medication overdoses per 10,000 children)
Decrease desired

Population	2016-17	2018-19	2020-21	2022-23
American Indian or Alaska Native only	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Asian only	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander only	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Black or African American only	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
White only	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
2 or more races	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Hispanic or Latino	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Not Hispanic or Latino	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
American Indian or Alaska Native only, not Hispanic or Latino	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Asian only, not Hispanic or Latino	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander only, not Hispanic or Latino	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Black or African American only, not Hispanic or Latino	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
White only, not Hispanic or Latino	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
2 or more races, not Hispanic or Latino	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU

Emergency department visits for medication overdoses in children by Family income, 2016-17 to 2022-23 ^◊
(estimated emergency department visits for medication overdoses per 10,000 children)
Decrease desired

Population	2016-17	2018-19	2020-21	2022-23
<100	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
100-199	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
200-399	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
400+	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC

Emergency department visits for medication overdoses in children by Health insurance status, 2016-17 to 2022-23 ^◊
(estimated emergency department visits for medication overdoses per 10,000 children)
Decrease desired

Population	2016-17	2018-19	2020-21	2022-23
Insured	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
Private	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
Public	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
Uninsured	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC

Emergency department visits for medication overdoses in children by Geographic location, 2016-17 to 2022-23 ^◊
(estimated emergency department visits for medication overdoses per 10,000 children)
Decrease desired

Population	2016-17	2018-19	2020-21	2022-23
Metropolitan	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
Non-metropolitan	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC

Emergency department visits for medication overdoses in children by Country of birth, 2016-17 to 2022-23 ^◊
(estimated emergency department visits for medication overdoses per 10,000 children)
Decrease desired

Population	2016-17	2018-19	2020-21	2022-23
US	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
Outside US	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC

Emergency department visits for medication overdoses in children by Disability status, 2016-17 to 2022-23 ^◊
(estimated emergency department visits for medication overdoses per 10,000 children)
Decrease desired

Population	2016-17	2018-19	2020-21	2022-23
People with disabilities	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
People without disabilities	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC

Disparity

Reference rate:

Data Sources: National Electronic Injury Surveillance System - Cooperative Adverse Drug Event Surveillance Project (NEISS-CADES), CDC, CPSC, and FDA; Bridged-race Population Estimates, CDC/NCHS and Census

#: Standard errors and confidence intervals are not available for this population group.

◊: Unless otherwise noted, data represent "per 10,000 population,

†: Target is not applicable for this demographic group.

DSU: Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

DNA: Data have not been analyzed.

DNC: Data for specific population not collected.

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Reduce emergency department visits for medication overdoses in children under 5 years — MPS‑01 Data

National Status: Little or no detectable change

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Emergency department visits for medication overdoses in children, 2016-17 to 2022-23 ◊(estimated emergency department visits for medication overdoses per 10,000 children)Decrease desired

Emergency department visits for medication overdoses in children by Sex, 2016-17 to 2022-23 ◊(estimated emergency department visits for medication overdoses per 10,000 children)Decrease desired

Emergency department visits for medication overdoses in children by Race/Ethnicity, 2016-17 to 2022-23 ◊(estimated emergency department visits for medication overdoses per 10,000 children)Decrease desired

Emergency department visits for medication overdoses in children by Family income, 2016-17 to 2022-23 ◊(estimated emergency department visits for medication overdoses per 10,000 children)Decrease desired

Emergency department visits for medication overdoses in children by Health insurance status, 2016-17 to 2022-23 ◊(estimated emergency department visits for medication overdoses per 10,000 children)Decrease desired

Emergency department visits for medication overdoses in children by Geographic location, 2016-17 to 2022-23 ◊(estimated emergency department visits for medication overdoses per 10,000 children)Decrease desired

Emergency department visits for medication overdoses in children by Country of birth, 2016-17 to 2022-23 ◊(estimated emergency department visits for medication overdoses per 10,000 children)Decrease desired

Emergency department visits for medication overdoses in children by Disability status, 2016-17 to 2022-23 ◊(estimated emergency department visits for medication overdoses per 10,000 children)Decrease desired