Table 1 Children with Emergency Department visits before versus during the pandemic

Sample Size, frequency

2,331,947

372,818

21,540

301

2,634,728

328,640

23,671

929

Age, frequency (%)

 0–4

 5–9

 10–14

 15–19

 20–21

528,113 (22.6)

537,245 (23.0)

537,491 (23.0)

525,839 (22.5)

203,257 (8.7)

120,027 (32.2)

80,108 (21.5)

67,579 (18.1)

78,137 (21.0)

26,965 (7.2)

632 (2.9)

2,501 (11.6)

4,962 (23.0)

9,753 (45.3)

3,690 (17.1)

< 10

< 10

75 (24.9)

180 (59.8)

40 (13.3)

576,028 (21.9)

580,856 (22.0)

603,584 (22.9)

617,701 (23.4)

256,557 (9.7)

100,255 (30.5)

58,841 (17.9)

56,108 (17.1)

77,201 (23.5)

36,232 (11.0)

715 (3.0)

1,850 (7.8)

5,464 (23.1)

10,741 (45.4)

4,900 (20.7)

< 10

13 (1.4)

270 (29.1)

500 (53.8)

145 (15.6)

Race, frequency (%)

 Black

 White

 Asian

 Other/Unknown

184,748 (7.9)

348,795 (15.0)

48,623 (2.1)

1,749,780 (75.0)

60,971 (16.4)

90,799 (24.4)

6,661 (1.8)

214,385 (57.5)

3,054 (14.2)

7,166 (33.3)

248 (1.2)

11,070 (51.4)

36 (12.0)

91 (30.2)

< 10

167 (55.5)

226,330 (8.6)

444,238 (16.9)

62,884 (2.4)

1,901,275 (72.2)

67,579 (20.6)

105,601 (32.1)

7,690 (2.3)

147,769 (45.0)

4,232 (17.9)

8,591 (36.3)

401 (1.7)

10,445 (44.1)

160 (17.2)

334 (36.0)

18 (1.9)

416 (44.8)

Ethnicity, frequency (%)

 Hispanic/Latino

28,818 (1.2)

3,058 (0.8)

200 (0.9)

< 10

23,504 (0.9)

2,323 (0.7)

152 (0.6)

12 (1.3)

 Not Hispanic/Not Latino

411,438 (17.6)

72,104 (19.3)

5,847 (27.1)

95 (31.6)

497,035 (18.9)

84,885 (25.8)

7,851 (33.2)

380 (40.9)

 Unknown

1,891,690 (81.1)

297,654 (79.8)

15,492 (71.9)

202 (67.1)

2,114,188 (80.2)

241,431 (73.5)

15,667 (66.2)

537 (57.8)

Insurance, frequency (%)

 Commercial

 Medicaid

 Medicare

1,504,997 (64.5)

826,724 (35.5)

226 (0.0)

135,791 (36.4)

236,985 (63.6)

42 (0.0)

9,553 (44.4)

11,975 (55.6)

12 (0.1)

136 (45.2)

165 (54.8)

< 10

1,684,669 (63.9)

949,849 (36.1)

210 (0.0)

107,629 (32.7)

220,986 (67.2)

25 (0.0)

8,059 (34.0)

15,604 (65.9)

< 10

355 (38.2)

574 (61.8)

< 10

Gender, frequency (%)

 Female

 Male

 Unspecified

1,147,798 (49.2)

1,184,143 (50.8)

< 10

184,770 (49.6)

188,047 (50.4)

< 10

10,873 (50.5)

10,667 (49.5)

 < 10

199 (66.1)

101 (33.6)

< 10

1,299,071 (49.3)

1,335,512 (50.7)

144 (0.0)

165,371 (50.3)

163,265 (49.7)

< 10

13,569 (57.3)

10,102 (42.7)

< 10

697 (75.0)

232 (25.0)

< 10

Rurality, frequency (%)

 City

 Rural

 Suburban

 Unknown

416,576 (17.9)

1,086,084 (46.6)

821,649 (35.2)

7,637 (0.3)

79,057 (21.2)

181,600 (48.7)

110,915 (29.8)

1,245 (0.3)

3,536 (16.4)

12,408 (57.6)

5,504 (25.6)

91 (0.4)

33 (11.0)

162 (53.8)

103 (34.2)

< 10

470,358 (17.9)

1,246,726 (47.3)

892,195 (33.9)

25,447 (1.0)

66,989 (20.4)

161,942 (49.3)

96,362 (29.3)

3,345 (1.0)

4,519 (19.1)

13,007 (54.9)

5,885 (24.9)

258 (01.1)

173 (18.6)

491 (52.9)

257 (27.7)

< 10

Percent of people with high school education of less**

33.9

38.3

38.5

36.5

31.2

35.7

35.9

35.4

Percent of people under 200% Federal Poverty**

25.1

29.4

29.1

27.2

22.3

26.5

26.2

24.9

Average Social Deprivation Index**

37.9

46.1

43.4

40.3

38.4

47.0

44.8

43.0