Table 1 Demographic and presentation characteristics of pediatric presentations to the 15 highest volume emergency departments in Alberta from 2010 to 2015 by departmental category
Characteristic | All EDs (na = 1,124,119) | Regional EDs (n = 268,683) | Urban EDs (n = 279,329) | Academic/ Teaching EDs (n = 576,107) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex, n (%) | ||||||||
Female | 521,605 | (46.4) | 127,337 | (47.4) | 130,461 | (46.7) | 263,807 | (45.8) |
Male | 602,511 | (53.6) | 141,346 | (52.6) | 148,868 | (53.3) | 312,297 | (54.2) |
Age (years) | ||||||||
mean (SDb) | 6.6 | (5.7) | 7.0 | (5.9) | 7.6 | (6.0) | 5.9 | (5.5) |
median [IQRc] | 5.0 | [1.0, 12.0] | 5.0 | [1.0, 13.0] | 6.0 | [2.0, 14.0] | 4.0 | [1.0, 10.0] |
Zone of residence, n (%) | ||||||||
Z5 North | 141,728 | (12.6) | 128,050 | (47.7) | 3218 | (1.2) | 10,460 | (1.8) |
Z4 Edmonton | 379,665 | (33.8) | 1604 | (0.6) | 175,953 | (63.0) | 202,108 | (35.1) |
Z3 Central | 62,652 | (5.6) | 51,838 | (19.3) | 1640 | (0.6) | 9174 | (1.6) |
Z2 Calgary | 442,157 | (39.3) | 2693 | (1.0) | 94,644 | (33.9) | 344,820 | (59.9) |
Z1 South | 81,421 | (7.2) | 78,794 | (29.3) | 504 | (0.2) | 2123 | (0.4) |
Missing | 16,496 | (1.5) | 5704 | (2.1) | 3370 | (1.2) | 7422 | (1.3) |
Fiscal year, n (%) | ||||||||
2010/2011 | 193,231 | (17.2) | 52,191 | (19.4) | 46,956 | (16.8) | 94,084 | (16.3) |
2011/2012 | 207,257 | (18.4) | 54,019 | (20.1) | 49,912 | (17.9) | 103,326 | (17.9) |
2012/2013 | 228,885 | (20.4) | 56,272 | (20.9) | 52,045 | (18.6) | 120,568 | (20.9) |
2013/2014 | 240,467 | (21.4) | 52,686 | (19.6) | 61,582 | (22.0) | 126,199 | (21.9) |
2014/2015 | 254,279 | (22.6) | 53,515 | (19.9) | 68,834 | (24.6) | 131,930 | (22.9) |
Month of year, n (%) | ||||||||
January | 96,584 | (8.6) | 22,450 | (8.4) | 22,938 | (8.2) | 51,196 | (8.9) |
February | 96,089 | (8.5) | 23,202 | (8.6) | 23,599 | (8.4) | 49,288 | (8.6) |
March | 104,653 | (9.3) | 25,370 | (9.4) | 25,546 | (9.1) | 53,737 | (9.3) |
April | 93,261 | (8.3) | 23,158 | (8.6) | 22,537 | (8.1) | 47,566 | (8.3) |
May | 100,886 | (9.0) | 24,338 | (9.1) | 26,026 | (9.3) | 50,522 | (8.8) |
June | 93,162 | (8.3) | 22,163 | (8.2) | 24,171 | (8.7) | 46,828 | (8.1) |
July | 83,106 | (7.4) | 19,966 | (7.4) | 21,024 | (7.5) | 42,116 | (7.3) |
August | 80,270 | (7.1) | 19,241 | (7.2) | 20,063 | (7.2) | 40,966 | (7.1) |
September | 90,448 | (8.0) | 21,488 | (8.0) | 23,166 | (8.3) | 45,794 | (7.9) |
October | 92,384 | (8.2) | 21,893 | (8.1) | 23,095 | (8.3) | 47,396 | (8.2) |
November | 91,971 | (8.2) | 21,773 | (8.1) | 22,568 | (8.1) | 47,630 | (8.3) |
December | 101,305 | (9.0) | 23,641 | (8.8) | 24,596 | (8.8) | 53,068 | (9.2) |
Day of week, n (%) | ||||||||
Weekday (Mon-Fri) | 783,905 | (69.7) | 185,264 | (69.0) | 192,291 | (68.8) | 406,350 | (70.5) |
Weekend (Sat, Sun) | 340,214 | (30.3) | 83,419 | (31.0) | 87,038 | (31.2) | 169,757 | (29.5) |
Time of day, n (%) | ||||||||
Daytime (08:01–16:00) | 449,174 | (40.0) | 110,186 | (41.0) | 99,088 | (35.5) | 239,900 | (41.6) |
Evening (16:01–24:00) | 531,261 | (47.3) | 127,687 | (47.5) | 141,119 | (50.5) | 262,455 | (45.6) |
Night (00:01–08:00) | 143,684 | (12.8) | 30,810 | (11.5) | 39,122 | (14.0) | 73,752 | (12.8) |
Triage level, n (%) | ||||||||
1 Resuscitation | 4228 | (0.4) | 472 | (0.2) | 755 | (0.3) | 3001 | (0.5) |
2 Emergency | 142,700 | (12.7) | 20,669 | (7.7) | 35,636 | (12.8) | 86,395 | (15.0) |
3 Urgent | 511,712 | (45.5) | 104,049 | (38.7) | 131,375 | (47.0) | 276,288 | (48.0) |
4 Semi-urgent | 412,229 | (36.7) | 130,364 | (48.5) | 91,550 | (32.8) | 190,315 | (33.0) |
5 Non-urgent | 52,460 | (4.7) | 12,419 | (4.6) | 19,989 | (7.2) | 20,052 | (3.5) |
Missing | 790 | (0.1) | 710 | (0.3) | 24 | (0.0) | 56 | (0.0) |
Disposition, n (%) | ||||||||
Discharged | 997,047 | (88.7) | 235,917 | (87.8) | 252,051 | (90.2) | 509,079 | (88.4) |
Admitted | 63,695 | (5.7) | 15,920 | (5.9) | 2735 | (1.0) | 45,040 | (7.8) |
Transferred | 11,363 | (1.0) | 1013 | (0.4) | 6462 | (2.3) | 3888 | (0.7) |
LWBSd | 45,833 | (4.1) | 14,026 | (5.2) | 15,833 | (5.7) | 15,974 | (2.8) |
LAMAe | 5968 | (0.5) | 1748 | (0.7) | 2204 | (0.8) | 2016 | (0.3) |
Death | 213 | (0.0) | 59 | (0.0) | 44 | (0.0) | 110 | (0.0) |