Table 7.

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

Month	2019		2020		2021		2022
	Substance use ED presentations N (95% CI)	% Of all ED presentations	Substance use ED presentations N (95% CI)	% Of all ED presentations	Substance use ED presentations N (95% CI)	% Of all ED presentations	Substance use ED presentations N (95% CI)	% Of all ED presentations
January	–	–	458 (429–489)	2.87	626 (614–701)	2.44	682 (637–729)	2.02
February	–	–	426 (398–454)	2.88	540 (505–577)	2.6	456 (426–487)	2.66
March	–	–	460 (430–491)	2.65	586 (548–626)	2.59	–	–
April	229 (214–244)	2.83	373 (349–398)	2.68	520 (487–555)	2.62	–	–
May	400 (374–428)	2.76	448 (419–479)	2.66	554 (518–592)	2.63	–	–
June	389 (364–416)	2.76	492 (461–525)	2.56	567 (530–605)	2.52	–	–
July	423 (396–451)	2.79	568 (531–606)	2.48	610 (570–651)	2.46	–	–
August	434 (406–464)	2.8	661 (618–705)	2.38	565 (529–604)	2.5	–	–
September	415 (389–443)	2.82	561 (525–599)	2.63	544 (509–580)	2.55	–	–
October	428 (401–457)	2.81	537 (502–573)	2.68	548 (512–584)	2.58	–	–
November	467 (437–498)	3.01	530 (496–566)	2.7	552 (516–589)	2.64	–	–
December	451 (422–481)	2.87	592 (554–631)	2.53	717 (671–766)	2.14	–	–
Total	3636 (3403–3882)	2.83	6106 (5712–6516)	2.62	6929 (6509–7430)	2.49	1138 (1063–1216)	2.23

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

ED Emergency Department, CI Confidence Interval