Table 2.
Breakdown of endoscopic procedures performed in 2020
| Procedure type | Site type | Total | ||
| Acute | Non-acute | Independent | ||
| Upper GI—diagnostic and therapeutic | 507 278 | 20 009 | 64 227 | 591 514 |
| Colonoscopy—diagnostic and therapeutic | 410 320 | 13 960 | 67 313 | 491 593 |
| Flexible sigmoidoscopy—diagnostic and therapeutic | 201 686 | 7762 | 20 818 | 230 266 |
| Colonoscopy—bowel cancer screening | 44 212 | 3595 | 1467 | 49 274 |
| Transnasal endoscopy | 2865 | 1022 | 4666 | 8553 |
| Capsule endoscopy | 8660 | 70 | 413 | 9143 |
| Enteroscopy—including single or double balloon | 3852 | 10 | 27 | 3889 |
| ERCP | 36 764 | 777 | 278 | 37 819 |
| EUS | 15 633 | 264 | 260 | 16 157 |
| Total adult GI procedures | 1 231 270 | 47 469 | 159 469 | 1 438 208 |
| Number of GI procedures for patients under 16 years of age | 7415 | 291 | 1269 | 8975 |
| Other non-GI procedures performed within the endoscopy service facilities (eg, bronchoscopy, colposcopy or cystoscopy) | 67 174 | 2998 | 16 382 | 86 554 |
| All procedures (total) | 1 305 859 | 50 758 | 177 120 | 1 533 737 |
ERCP, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; EUS, endoscopic ultrasound; GI, gastrointestinal.