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Table 1 Pediatric emergency department visits in 2019 and 2020, grouped by sex, age, month, and triage color code

From: Pediatric emergency department visits during the COVID-19 pandemic: a large retrospective population-based study

 

2019

2020

Variation

2019–2020

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%

  1. aSex was missing in 1 record
  2. bOrange triage color codes introduced in 2020 were merged with yellow codes for consistency across the study period
  3. cNot indicated: includes patients arriving at the ED, but not being examined there (e.g., administrative registration)