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Table 3 Distribution of injury-related ED visits by day of week, ED SS vs. SPARCS, NYC, 2008–2010

From: Utility of a near real-time emergency department syndromic surveillance system to track injuries in New York City

 

3-year totals, 2008–2010a

Injury type

Day of week

ED SS proportion

SPARCS proportion

Absolute % point difference

Traffic-related injury to pedal cyclist

Sunday

16.4

15.9

0.5

Monday

14.2

14.8

0.6

Tuesday

13.1

13.8

0.7

Wednesday

13.7

13.2

0.5

Thursday

13.6

13.2

0.4

Friday

13.6

13.6

0.0

Saturday

15.4

15.5

0.1

Traffic-related injury to pedestrian

Sunday

11.1

11.4

0.3

Monday

14.2

14.1

0.1

Tuesday

15.2

14.8

0.4

Wednesday

15.3

15.5

0.2

Thursday

15.4

15.6

0.2

Friday

15.7

16.0

0.3

Saturday

13.0

12.8

0.2

Traffic-related injury to motor vehicle occupant

Sunday

15.0

14.8

0.2

Monday

14.2

14.2

0.0

Tuesday

14.0

14.2

0.2

Wednesday

13.7

13.8

0.1

Thursday

13.7

13.6

0.1

Friday

14.6

14.5

0.1

Saturday

14.9

15.0

0.1

Fall-related injury

Sunday

13.1

13.4

0.3

Monday

15.2

15.3

0.1

Tuesday

14.7

14.7

0.0

Wednesday

14.6

14.6

0.0

Thursday

14.5

14.3

0.2

Friday

14.4

14.2

0.2

Saturday

13.4

13.5

0.1

Firearm-related injury

Sunday

21.7

21.7

0.0

Monday

14.1

13.8

0.3

Tuesday

11.8

12.2

0.4

Wednesday

10.4

10.0

0.4

Thursday

10.6

10.6

0.0

Friday

12.2

12.0

0.2

Saturday

19.2

19.8

0.6

Assault-related stabbing injury

Sunday

20.5

22.2

1.7

Monday

12.6

11.8

0.8

Tuesday

11.5

11.6

0.1

Wednesday

10.9

10.3

0.6

Thursday

12.1

11.1

1.0

Friday

12.9

13.0

0.1

Saturday

19.6

20.1

0.5

  1. aColumn percentages may not add up to 100 % due to rounding and/or missing data