Emergency department visits in U.S. hospitals continue to surge, with *********************************** in Dallas leading the pack in 2024. The facility recorded ******* ED visits, followed closely by ******************************** in Florida with ******* visits. This trend highlights the growing demand for emergency medical services across the country, particularly in large urban centers. Evolving healthcare landscape While emergency departments are busier than ever, the overall number of hospitals in the U.S. has been decreasing since the 1970s. Meanwhile, there is a rise of large health systems. The Hospital Corporation of America, based in Nashville, Tennessee, stands as the largest health system in the country, operating *** hospitals as of February 2025. This consolidation trend reflects the changing dynamics of healthcare delivery and management in the United States. Specialization and capacity challenges As hospitals face increasing pressure on their emergency departments, many are also focusing on specialized services to meet diverse patient needs. For instance, the ****************************************************** performed ****** organ transplants between January 1988 and March 2025, making it the nation's ******* transplant center. Meanwhile, ******************** in Florida holds the title of the largest U.S. hospital with ***** beds.

Emergency room visit rates across the United States show significant variation, with a national average of 422 visits per 1,000 population in 2023. This average masks considerable differences between states, ranging from 596 visits per 1,000 population in West Virginia to just 226 in Nevada. Wait times in emergency rooms While ER visit rates provide insight into utilization, wait times offer a glimpse into the efficiency of emergency care delivery. In 2022, ER patients waited an average of 38.1 minutes to see a healthcare provider in emergency departments nationwide. Interestingly, the COVID-19 pandemic temporarily reduced wait times in 2020, but they rebounded to pre-pandemic levels by 2021. Most patients, roughly 70 percent, spend less than an hour in the emergency department before being seen by a medical professional. These figures suggest that despite high utilization in some areas, many emergency departments manage to process patients relatively quickly. Demographic disparities in emergency care Emergency department usage varies significantly across different demographic groups, revealing important healthcare access disparities. Infants under one-year-old and adults 75 years and over have the highest ED visit rates among all age groups. Additionally, racial disparities in ED rates are evident, with non-Hispanic Black individuals having double the ED visit rate of non-Hispanic White individuals. These patterns underscore the need for targeted healthcare interventions and improved access to acute care for vulnerable populations.

In 2022, the most common emergency room (ER) diagnosis was essential (primary) hypertension, which accounted for 3 percent of all ER diagnoses in the U.S. Contact with and (suspected) exposure to COVID-19 was the second most common diagnosis given out in ERs.

As of 2016, the top U.S. hospital for child birth is Northside Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. All hospitals are required, by law, to report and provide access to birth records through the federal National Vital Statistics system. The U.S. system of reporting births (and deaths) is funded by individual States as well as through the National Center for Health Statistics.

Georgia birth data

Georgia is one of the most populous states in the United States. The metropolitan area with the highest birth rate in the U.S. was Hinesville, Georgia. Hinesville is located in the south eastern section of the state of Georgia. Despite having the hospital that delivers the most babies in the U.S., Georgia does not have one of highest birth rates in the U.S. As of 2017, Utah had the highest birth rate in the United States.

Birth-related developments

The number of U.S. births has remained relatively stable since 1990. Despite having a relatively stable birth rate, the number bassinet available in U.S. hospitals is on the decline. Birth rates, however, show variation among different U.S. populations. Mothers of American Indian or Alaska Native descent tend to have higher birth rates than other ethnicities.

This statistic displays the leading hospitals in the United States based on the number of organ transplants performed between January 1988 and March 2025. During this period, the University of California at Los Angeles Medical Center performed ****** organ transplants in total. UCLA Medical Center was, therefore, the leading hospital in the U.S. in terms of organ transplant numbers, followed by the University of California San Francisco Medical Center.