Conflict of Interest
The authors declare no conflicts of interest related to this study.
NC DETECT Statement: Emergency Department data was obtained from NC
DETECT through a DUA. NC DETECT is a statewide public health syndromic
surveillance system, funded by the NC Division of Public Health (NC DPH)
Federal Public Health Emergency Preparedness Grant and managed through
collaboration between NC DPH and the UNC-CH Department of Emergency
Medicine’s Carolina Center for Health Informatics. The NC DETECT Data
Oversight Committee is not responsible for the scientific validity or
accuracy of methodology, results, statistical analyses, or conclusions
presented.