Table 1.

All cause and asthma related paediatric inpatient admissions and emergency department attendances in children aged 2–17 years across Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network in pre-pandemic (2015–2019) and pandemic periods (2020–2021)

Year of presentation
	2015		2016		2017		2018		2019		2015–2019		2020		2021 (up to 31st August
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Any diagnosis
2–17 years (Total)	96,431	100	97,961	100	98,091	100	95,439	100	104,940	100	492,863	100	93,818	100	69,703	100
2–5 years	40,860	42.37	41,431	42.29	40,230	41.01	38,909	40.76	43,269	41.23	204,700	41.53	36,490	38.89	28,675	41.3
6–12 years	39,202	40.65	39,737	40.56	40,325	41.10	38,903	40.76	42,596	40.59	200,763	40.73	37,469	39.94	26,785	38.42
13–17 years	16,369	16.97	16,793	17.14	17,536	17.87	17,627	18.46	19,075	18.17	87,400	17.73	19,859	21.17	14,243	20.04
Asthma hospital presentations
2–17 years (Total)	3078	3.19	2665	2.72	2540	2.58	2295	2.40	2582	2.46	13,160	2.67	1912	2.03	1452	2.08
2–5 years	1640	53.28	1262	47.35	967	38.07	878	38.25	848	32.84	5595	42.51	601	31.43	440	30.30
6–12 years	1238	40.22	1158	43.45	1234	48.58	1062	46.27	1262	48.87	5954	45.24	977	51.09	737	50.75
13–17 years	200	6.49	245	9.19	339	13.34	355	15.46	472	18.28	1611	12.24	334	17.46	275	18.93