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Table 1 Descriptive statistics for daily emergency department visits during May to September in the 20-county Atlanta Metropolitan area, 1993–2012. Outcomes are ordered by decreasing total counts

From: Using logic regression to characterize extreme heat exposures and their health associations: a time-series study of emergency department visits in Atlanta

Disease

ICD-9 Code(s)

Mean Daily ED Visits

Standard Deviation

Min

Max

All Internal Causes

001–799

2553

1328

192

5557

Diabetes

249, 250

215

171

0

630

Fluid and Electrolyte Imbalancea

276

162

116

0

413

All Circulatory System Diseases

390–459

623

467

3

1652

Hypertension

401–405

491

408

0

1407

Ischemic Heart Disease

410–414

120

87

0

327

Myocardial Infarctiona

410

14

8

0

40

Congestive Heart Failure

428

74

58

0

245

Ischemic Stroke

433–437

23

15

0

67

All Renal Diseases

580–593

139

118

0

447

Acute Renal Failurea

584

36

42

0

155

Heat-related Illnessesa

992.5

4

6

0

64

  1. aDiagnosis based on primary ICD code only