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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Increase the rate of bystander AED use for non-traumatic cardiac arrests in public places — PREP‑02 Data

Most Recent Data:
11.7 percent (2023)

Target:
12.0 percent 

Desired Direction:
Increase desired

Baseline:
9.0 percent of bystanders used an AED for non-traumatic cardiac arrests occurring in public locations in 2020 

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Active bystander AED use for patients with a non-traumatic cardiac arrest in a public location, 2020-2023
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2020 2021 2022 2023
Total
9.0
CI 8.5 / 9.5
SE 0.249
10.2
CI 9.7 / 10.6
SE 0.231
11.3
CI 10.9 / 11.8
SE 0.230
11.7
CI 11.2 / 12.1
SE 0.232