Table 6.
Psychosis Presentations to the Gold Coast Emergency Departments, April 2019—February 2022
| Month | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psychosis ED presentations N (95% CI) | % Of all ED presentations | Psychosis ED presentations N (95% CI) | % Of all ED presentations | Psychosis ED presentations N (95% CI) | % Of all ED presentations | Psychosis ED presentations N (95% CI) | % Of all ED presentations | |
| January | – | – | 234 215–255) | 1.47 | 323 (296–351) | 1.2 | 326 (299–355) | 0.96 |
| February | – | – | 215 (197–235) | 1.46 | 264 (242–288) | 1.27 | 226 (207–246) | 1.32 |
| March | – | – | 237 (217–258) | 1.37 | 296 (272–322) | 1.31 | – | – |
| April | 114 (104–125) | 1.41 | 198 (181–215) | 1.42 | 267 (245–290) | 1.35 | – | – |
| May | 206 (188–224) | 1.42 | 232 (212–252) | 1.38 | 291 (267–316) | 1.38 | – | – |
| June | 198 (182–216) | 1.4 | 253 (232–275) | 1.31 | 288 (264–313) | 1.28 | – | – |
| July | 210 (1292–229) | 1.39 | 290 (266–316) | 1.27 | 308 (282–335) | 1.24 | – | – |
| August | 216 (198–236) | 1.39 | 334 (306–363) | 1.2 | 284 (360–309) | 1.26 | – | – |
| September | 207 (190–225) | 1.41 | 288 (265–313) | 1.35 | 279 (256–304) | 1.31 | – | – |
| October | 221 (202–240) | 1.45 | 275 (252–299) | 1.37 | 281 (258–306) | 1.32 | – | – |
| November | 225 (207–245) | 1.45 | 262 (240–284) | 1.33 | 277 (253–301) | 1.33 | – | – |
| December | 230 (211–250) | 1.47 | 285 (261–310) | 1.21 | 354 (325–386) | 1.06 | – | – |
| Total | 1827 (1674–1990) | 1.42 | 3103 (2844–3375) | 1.33 | 3512 (3220–3821) | 1.26 | 552 (506–601) | 1.08 |
January 2019-February 2020—pre-pandemic period; March 2020-February 2022—pandemic period
ED Emergency Department, CI Confidence Interval