Fig 1.
Annual rates of law enforcement transports to E.D.s by mental health status and Involuntary Commitment (IVC), North Carolina, 2009–2016.
Note: mental health and involuntary commitment (IVC) rates are not mutually exclusive; percent change in rate from 2009 to 2016 is presented to the right of each trendline.
Fig 2.
Law enforcement ED transport rates by county rurality, North Carolina, 2009–2016.
Note: The figure depicts box and whiskers plots. The middle line in the box represents the median; the "X" represents the mean. The upper and lower borders of the box represent the span of interquartile range, and the whiskers extend to the minimum and maximum non-outlier values.
Table 1.
Characteristics of adult Emergency Department (ED) patients transported by law enforcement, North Carolina, 2009–2016.
Table 2.
Disease prevalence among adult emergency department patients transported by law enforcement, North Carolina, 2009–2016.