Table 1 Characteristics of ED visits, April 1, 2016 to November 2021
All ED visits | Prepandemic | Pandemic | Overall (N = 168,749) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2016–2019 (N = 118,728) | 2020 (N = 23,317) | 2021 (N = 26,704) | |||
MHR visits | 5927 (5.0%) | 1521 (6.5%) | 2300 (8.6%) | 9748 (5.8%) | |
Other visits | 112,801 (95.0%) | 21,796 (93.5%) | 24,404 (91.4%) | 159,001 (94.2%) | |
MHR ED visits | 2016–2019 (N = 5927) | 2020 (N = 1521) | 2021 (N = 2300) | Overall (N = 9748) | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (continuous) | |||||
Median (IQR) | 14.3 (11.0–16.0) | 14.4 (11.7–16.1) | 14.4 (12.2–15.9) | 14.3 (11.4–16.0) | 0.045 |
Age group | |||||
5–11 years | 1803 (30.4%) | 413 (27.2%) | 547 (23.8%) | 2763 (28.3%) | < 0.001 |
12 + years | 4124 (69.6%) | 1108 (72.8%) | 1753 (76.2%) | 6985 (71.7%) | |
Sex | |||||
Female | 3521 (59.4%) | 970 (63.8%) | 1615 (70.2%) | 6106 (62.6%) | < 0.001 |
Male | 2406 (40.6%) | 551 (36.2%) | 685 (29.8%) | 3642 (37.4%) | |
SES | |||||
Most privileged | 1918 (32.4%) | 514 (33.8%) | 805 (35.0%) | 3237 (33.2%) | 0.087 |
Average | 1009 (17.0%) | 252 (16.6%) | 408 (17.7%) | 1669 (17.1%) | |
Most deprived | 2755 (46.5%) | 675 (44.4%) | 972 (42.3%) | 4402 (45.2%) | |
Missing | 245 (4.1%) | 80 (5.3%) | 115 (5.0%) | 440 (4.5%) | |