Table 1.
Pediatric emergency department visits in 2019 and 2020, grouped by sex, age, month, and triage color code
| 2019 | 2020 | Variation 2019–2020 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | % | |
| Overall | 279,481 | 146,394 | −47.6% | ||
| Sex a | |||||
| Male | 156,904 | 56.1% | 83,461 | 57.0% | −46.8% |
| Female | 122,576 | 43.9% | 62,933 | 43.0% | −48.7% |
| Age | |||||
| 0 years | 34,548 | 12.4% | 18,716 | 12.8% | − 45.8% |
| 1–5 years | 118,746 | 42.5% | 57,942 | 39.6% | −51.2% |
| 6–14 years | 126,187 | 45.2% | 69,736 | 47.6% | − 44.7% |
| Month | |||||
| January | 24,973 | 8.9% | 25,340 | 17.3% | 1.5% |
| February | 25,449 | 9.1% | 23,747 | 16.2% | −6.7% |
| March | 24,764 | 8.9% | 5287 | 3.6% | −78.7% |
| April | 24,235 | 8.7% | 5180 | 3.5% | −78.6% |
| May | 23,052 | 8.3% | 8573 | 5.9% | − 62.8% |
| June | 26,957 | 9.7% | 11,236 | 7.7% | −58.3% |
| July | 22,803 | 8.2% | 13,157 | 9.0% | −42.3% |
| August | 20,829 | 7.5% | 14,062 | 9.6% | − 32.5% |
| September | 18,626 | 6.7% | 12,519 | 8.6% | −32.8% |
| October | 21,875 | 7.8% | 11,577 | 7.9% | −47.1% |
| November | 21,271 | 7.6% | 8273 | 5.7% | −61.1% |
| December | 24,647 | 8.8% | 7443 | 5.1% | − 69.8% |
| Triage code | |||||
| Red | 1239 | 0.4% | 749 | 0.5% | −39.5% |
| Yellow b | 23,031 | 8.2% | 15,013 | 10.3% | −34.8% |
| Green | 101,807 | 36.4% | 50,994 | 34.8% | −49.9% |
| White | 152,124 | 54.4% | 78,755 | 53.8% | −48.2% |
| Not indicated c | 1280 | 0.5% | 883 | 0.6% | −31.0% |
aSex was missing in 1 record
bOrange triage color codes introduced in 2020 were merged with yellow codes for consistency across the study period
cNot indicated: includes patients arriving at the ED, but not being examined there (e.g., administrative registration)