Table 3

Proportion of admissions by type and most common reason for admission

Admittance typeTotal number of admissions over a period of 5 yearsMost common reason for admission
No anomalyAnomalyNo anomalyAnomaly
Accident and emergency3985 (49%)609 (26%)1. Respiratory
2. Injury/poison
1. Respiratory
2. Infectious parasitic
Other emergency2522 (31%)932 (40%)1. Respiratory
2. Infectious parasitic
1. Respiratory
2. Clinical lab findings
Elective1632 (20%)801 (34%)1. Eye/ear
2. Respiratory
1. Neoplasms/blood/immune
2. Congenital abnormalities
  • Reasons for admission derived from ICD-10 codes at patient discharge, using ICD-10 groupings to categorise35