Table 2. Population demographics according to fiscal year and hospital peer groups.

Cohort	Records	Death	Age, years IQR	Male	Aged-care resident	Interhospital transfer	Low risk	SARS-CoV-2
2018–2019	2 613 047	12 594	44–74	47.4%	21 097	29 015	993 750	0
2019–2020	2 513 284	12 216	44–74	47.7%	22 392	26 701	972 671	298
2020–2021	2 569 211	11 966	44–74	47.4%	23 284	28 988	1 007 669	3060
2021–2022	2 568 399	13 427	44–75	47.4%	20 201	27 420	1 020 612	42 783
2022–2023	2 710 691	13 603	44–75	47.4%	18 667	26 147	1 052 837	29 977
Tertiary referral	2 371 887	18 672	43–74	53.3%	38 495	68 376	736 628	29 343
Major metropolitan	2 710 035	19 160	40–74	47.2%	30 304	33 281	1 037 037	29 971
Major regional	1 158 755	5398	47–75	48.9%	13 452	13 077	477 644	6833
Other public	3 462 713	7399	44–75	44.6%	22 409	3958	1 841 434	6405
Major private	1 754 036	7986	50–75	47.8%	482	16 016	437 421	2388
Other private	1 517 206	5191	46–74	43.7%	499	3563	517 375	1178

Population demographics according to fiscal year and hospital peer groups.

Transfer=up-transfer from similar or lower service level; low risk=proportion of separations allocated to clinical diagnosis group with case fatality rate<0.002.