Table 3.

Proportion of admissions by type and most common reason for admission

Admittance type	Total number of admissions over a period of 5 years		Most common reason for admission
	No anomaly	Anomaly	No anomaly	Anomaly
Accident and emergency	3985 (49%)	609 (26%)	1. Respiratory 2. Injury/poison	1. Respiratory 2. Infectious parasitic
Other emergency	2522 (31%)	932 (40%)	1. Respiratory 2. Infectious parasitic	1. Respiratory 2. Clinical lab findings
Elective	1632 (20%)	801 (34%)	1. Eye/ear 2. Respiratory	1. Neoplasms/blood/immune 2. Congenital abnormalities

Reasons for admission derived from ICD-10 codes at patient discharge, using ICD-10 groupings to categorise³⁵