Key Points

• In Week 16 (April 17–23, 2023), the second week of school vacation, emergency department visits and subsequent hospitalizations were down among children aged 2–14 (-9%, or 5,653 fewer visits and 447 fewer hospitalizations) and remained stable in other age groups.

• Respiratory conditions were down across all age groups and at levels comparable to those of previous years; in particular, visits for suspected COVID-19, which had risen slightly in Week 15 among children under 2 and adults aged 15 and older, declined in Week 16 (by 7% and 5%, respectively).

• Most other indicators were either declining or stable. A few (mild to moderate) increases were observed, notably among children under 2 years of age for skin conditions (+23%, or +55 visits), cough (+9%, or +24 visits), and among people aged 75 and older for cardiac decompensation (+6.4%, or +100 visits) and malaise (+6.5%, or +241 visits). In small sample sizes, visits for chickenpox continued to rise among children under 2 years of age and adults aged 15 and older (up 6% or 8 visits and up 32% or 13 visits, respectively).