Data dictionary for "Emergency Department Encounters for Alcohol" dataset, updated for the September 2025 release covering 2020-2023.

Data Dictionary-Alcohol-Related Emergency Department Encounters (Statewide) - September 2025

Emergency Department Encounters for Alcohol

Year of inpatient hospitalization discharge or emergency department visit.

Year

Geography

Classifies records as 'All Diagnosis Groups' or 'Alcohol Only'. This allows the user to identify which records they want to work with.  

Record Grouper

Emergency Department (ED) Admission or ED Visit  (An ED Admission is an inpatient stay that began in the hospital's ED.  An ED Visit is a 'treat and release' encounter.)

Visit Type

AgeGroup, RaceGroup, Sex, Expected Payer Note: Unknown age and Unknown sex are not included. Other Payer includes Workers’ Compensation, Other Government, Title V, Disability, VA Plan, Other Payer, invalid, and missing.

Demographic Category

Demographic Category Value

All Others (All non-Alcohol-related Diagnoses), Alcohol-related, Acute Alcohol Episode, Chronic Alcohol Episode, Co-occuring Acute & Chronic Alcohol Episode

Diagnosis Group

Total Alcohol-related ED Visits or ED Admits per demographic category value.

Alcohol-related Encounters

Total ED visits or ED Admits per demographic category value.

All Encounters

Percent of All ED visits or ED Admits per demographic category value.

Percent of All Encounters

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Field Title

AgeGroup, RaceGroup, Sex, Expected Payer 

Data Dictionary-Alcohol-Related Emergency Department Encounters (Statewide) - September 2025

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