Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of emergency department patients with psychiatric diseases.
| Variables | Total |
2015 |
2016 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
| All | 67,561 | 100.0 | 30,472 | 100.0 | 32,997 | 100.0 | |
| Sex | Male | 30,193 | 44.7 | 14,481 | 47.5 | 15,712 | 47.6 |
| Female | 33,276 | 49.3 | 15,991 | 52.5 | 17,285 | 52.4 | |
| Age group, years | 15–29 | 9747 | 14.4 | 4624 | 15.2 | 5123 | 15.5 |
| 30–44 | 12,069 | 17.9 | 5743 | 18.8 | 6326 | 19.2 | |
| 45–59 | 16,756 | 24.8 | 8087 | 26.5 | 8669 | 26.3 | |
| 60–74 | 12,056 | 17.8 | 5899 | 19.4 | 6157 | 18.7 | |
| 75+ | 12,841 | 19.0 | 6119 | 20.1 | 6722 | 20.4 | |
| Season | Spring (March–May) | 16,973 | 25.1 | 7873 | 25.8 | 8378 | 25.4 |
| Summer (June–August) | 17,767 | 26.3 | 7670 | 25.2 | 8853 | 26.8 | |
| Autumn (September–November) | 16,867 | 25.0 | 7687 | 25.2 | 8285 | 25.1 | |
| Winter (December–February) | 15,954 | 23.6 | 7242 | 23.8 | 7481 | 22.7 | |
| Day of week | Sun | 12,011 | 17.8 | 5664 | 18.6 | 6347 | 19.2 |
| Mon | 8920 | 13.2 | 4383 | 14.4 | 4537 | 13.7 | |
| Tue | 8557 | 12.7 | 4168 | 13.7 | 4389 | 13.3 | |
| Wed | 8136 | 12.0 | 4048 | 13.3 | 4088 | 12.4 | |
| Thu | 8524 | 12.6 | 4145 | 13.6 | 4379 | 13.3 | |
| Fri | 8500 | 12.6 | 4032 | 13.2 | 4468 | 13.5 | |
| Sat | 8821 | 13.1 | 4032 | 13.2 | 4789 | 14.5 | |
| Disease category | F00-F09 | 13,092 | 19.4 | 6348 | 20.8 | 6744 | 20.4 |
| F10-F19 | 19,218 | 28.4 | 9050 | 29.7 | 10,168 | 30.8 | |
| F20-F29 | 4011 | 5.9 | 1889 | 6.2 | 2122 | 6.4 | |
| F30-F39 | 11,453 | 17.0 | 5608 | 18.4 | 5845 | 17.7 | |
| F40-F49 | 18,772 | 27.8 | 9105 | 29.9 | 9667 | 29.3 | |
| F50-F59 | 2164 | 3.2 | 978 | 3.2 | 1186 | 3.6 | |
| F60-F69 | 395 | 0.6 | 187 | 0.6 | 208 | 0.6 | |
| F70-F79 | 206 | 0.3 | 111 | 0.4 | 95 | 0.3 | |
| F80-F89 | 110 | 0.2 | 51 | 0.2 | 59 | 0.2 | |
| F90-F99 | 1504 | 2.2 | 702 | 2.3 | 802 | 2.4 | |
| MERS outbreak | No | 58,995 | 87.3 | 25,998 | 85.3 | 32,997 | 100.0 |
| Yes | 4474 | 6.6 | 4474 | 14.7 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| District | Gangnam | 3121 | 4.6 | 1506 | 4.9 | 1615 | 4.9 |
| Gangdong | 2549 | 3.8 | 1218 | 4.0 | 1331 | 4.0 | |
| Gangbuk | 2113 | 3.1 | 1068 | 3.5 | 1045 | 3.2 | |
| Gangseo | 2341 | 3.5 | 1158 | 3.8 | 1183 | 3.6 | |
| Gwanak | 3498 | 5.2 | 1718 | 5.6 | 1780 | 5.4 | |
| Gwangjin | 1671 | 2.5 | 726 | 2.4 | 945 | 2.9 | |
| Guro | 2415 | 3.6 | 1209 | 4.0 | 1206 | 3.7 | |
| Geumcheon | 1475 | 2.2 | 715 | 2.3 | 760 | 2.3 | |
| Nowon | 4021 | 6.0 | 1816 | 6.0 | 2205 | 6.7 | |
| Dobong | 2312 | 3.4 | 1071 | 3.5 | 1241 | 3.8 | |
| Dongdaemun | 4088 | 6.1 | 1844 | 6.1 | 2244 | 6.8 | |
| Dongjak | 2383 | 3.5 | 1060 | 3.5 | 1323 | 4.0 | |
| Mapo | 2143 | 3.2 | 1086 | 3.6 | 1057 | 3.2 | |
| Seodaemun | 2287 | 3.4 | 1158 | 3.8 | 1129 | 3.4 | |
| Seocho | 2151 | 3.2 | 1052 | 3.5 | 1099 | 3.3 | |
| Seongdong | 2023 | 3.0 | 944 | 3.1 | 1079 | 3.3 | |
| Seongbuk | 3303 | 4.9 | 1605 | 5.3 | 1698 | 5.1 | |
| Songpa | 2662 | 3.9 | 1271 | 4.2 | 1391 | 4.2 | |
| Yangcheon | 2052 | 3.0 | 1075 | 3.5 | 977 | 3.0 | |
| Yeongdeungpo | 2800 | 4.1 | 1327 | 4.4 | 1473 | 4.5 | |
| Yongsan | 1895 | 2.8 | 928 | 3.0 | 967 | 2.9 | |
| Eunpyeong | 2489 | 3.7 | 1274 | 4.2 | 1215 | 3.7 | |
| Jongro | 1786 | 2.6 | 927 | 3.0 | 859 | 2.6 | |
| Jung | 1543 | 2.3 | 788 | 2.6 | 755 | 2.3 | |
| Jungnang | 4348 | 6.4 | 1928 | 6.3 | 2420 | 7.3 | |
MERS, Middle East respiratory syndrome; F00-F99, Mental and Behavioral Disease, Foo-F99; F00-F09, Organic, including symptomatic, mental disorders; F10-F19, Mental and behavioral disorders due to psychoactive substance use; F20-F29, Schizophrenia, schizotypal and delusional disorders; F30-F39, Mood [affective] disorders; F40-F48, Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders; F50-F59, Behavioral syndromes associated with physiological disturbances and physical factors; F60-F69, Disorders of adult personality and behavior; F70-F79, Mental retardation; F80-F89, Disorders of psychological development; F90-F98, Behavioral and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence; F99-F99, Unspecified mental disorder.