Emergency department presentations
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Presentations
This line graph shows the number of presentations to Australia’s public hospital emergency departments between 2016–17 and 2020–21. Data is presented by measure (number of presentations and presentations per 1,000 population). National, state and territory data is available. In 2020–21, there were 8,808,357 presentation to emergency departments.
Peer group
This line graph shows the number of presentations to Australia’s public hospital emergency departments between 2016–17 and 2020–21. Data is presented by peer group. National, state and territory data is available. In 2020–21, the number of presentations ranged by peer group; from 3,338,476 presentations to Public acute group A hospitals to 215, 339 presentations to other hospitals.
Age and sex
These column graphs show the number of presentations per 1,000 population to Australia’s public hospital emergency departments in 2020–21. Data is presented by age group and sex. National, state and territory data is available. In 2020–21, there were 349.0 presentations for females and 345.3 for males, per 1,000 population.
Indigenous status
This column graph shows show the number of presentations per 1,000 population to Australia’s public hospital emergency departments in 2020–21. Data is presented by age group and Indigenous status. National, state and territory data is available. In 2020–21, Indigenous Australian’s had more presentations 1,000 population, compared with Other Australians for all age groups.
Hospitals and LHNs
This table shows the number of presentations to Australia’s public hospital emergency departments in 2020–21, by triage category and peer group. Hospital, Local Hospital Network (LHN), national, and state and territory data is available.