ED presentation times

  • 1 in 3 ED presentations were on a weekend with Sunday being the busiest day (16%).

  • The busiest time for injury presentations to EDs was between 4:00pm – 5:59pm (17%) and the quietest time was 2:00am – 3:59am (0.8%).

In 2021–22, the highest number of presentations occurred between 4:00pm and 5:59pm on a Sunday (16,000). Figure 15 shows the most common presentation days and times for injury ED presentations.

Figure 15: Number of injury emergency department presentations, by time and day of presentation, Australia, 2021–22

An interactive Tableau for the number of ED presentations by time and day of presentation. 

An interactive Tableau for the number of ED presentations by time and day of presentation.