Table 3.

Suicidal Presentations to the Gold Coast Emergency Departments, April 2019—February 2022

Month	2019		2020		2021		2022
	Suicidality ED presentations N (95% CI)	% Of all ED presentations	Suicidality ED presentations N (95% CI)	% of all ED presentations	Suicidality ED presentations N (95% CI)	% Of all ED presentations	Suicidality ED presentations N (95% CI)	% Of all ED presentations
January	–	–	505 (474–537)	3.17	703 (661–748)	2.61	683 (641–727)	2.02
February	–	–	458 (431–487)	3.1	577 (542–613)	2.78	486 (456–516)	2.83
March	–	–	490 (460–522)	2.82	621 (584–660)	2.75	–	–
April	240 (225–256)	2.96	398 (374–424)	2.86	557 (524–592)	2.81	–	–
May	424 (398–452)	2.93	469 (440–498)	2.78	594 (558–631)	2.82	–	–
June	413 (387–439)	2.93	519 (488–552)	2.7	567 (532–603)	2.52	–	–
July	436 (409–464)	2.88	603 (567–642)	2.64	622 (584–662)	2.51	–	–
August	453 (425–482)	2.92	670 (630–713)	2.42	584 (548–622)	2.59	–	–
September	443 (416–471)	3.01	581 (545–618)	2.73	564 (529–599)	2.64	–	–
October	467 (439–496)	3.07	583 (548–620)	2.91	574 (540–611)	2.7	–	–
November	495 (465–525)	3.19	563 (529–599)	2.86	572 (538–609)	2.74	–	–
December	484 (455–515)	3.08	623 (585–662)	2.65	725 (681–772)	2.16	–	–
Total	3855 (3619–4100)	3.00	6462 (6071–6874)	2.77	7260 (6821–7722)	2.61	1169 (1097–1243)	2.29

January 2019-February 2020—pre-pandemic period; March 2020-February 2022—pandemic period

ED Emergency Department, CI Confidence Interval