Table 1

Presentations and persons presenting to South Australian metropolitan public emergency departments (EDs), 2005–2006 to 2010–2011

	Refugee and Asylum Seeker Countries			Aboriginal			Aged 75 or more			All others
	N	% of individuals presenting	Rate per 1000 population	N	% of individuals presenting	Rate per 1000 population	N	% of individuals presenting	Rate per 1000 population	N	% of individuals presenting	Rate per 1000 population
Presentations to ED	9086		1629.8	23 825		2533.8	215 194		2360.0	898 399		1116.3
Persons presenting to ED	3749	100.0	672.5	5095	100.0	541.9	67 656	100.0	742.0	346 844	100.0	431.0
1 presentation	1893	50.5	339.6	2039	40.0	216.9	26 541	39.2	291.1	182 557	52.6	226.8
2 presentations	779	20.8	139.7	851	16.7	90.5	13 561	20.0	148.7	68 664	19.8	85.3
3 or 4 presentations	658	17.6	118.0	859	16.9	91.4	13 781	20.4	151.1	53 210	15.3	66.1
5 or more presentations	419	11.2	75.2	1346	26.4	143.1	13 773	20.4	151.0	42 413	12.2	52.7
Gender
Male	2005	53.5		2461	48.3		28 055	41.5		182 458	52.6
Female	1744	46.5		2634	51.7		39 601	58.5		164 386	47.4
Age (years)
20–24	1019	27.2		1179	23.1		0	0.0		58 099	16.8
25–34	1241	33.1		1368	26.8		0	0.0		73 638	21.2
35–44	857	22.9		1272	25.0		0	0.0		64 831	18.7
45–54	383	10.2		764	15.0		0	0.0		59 287	17.1
55–64	171	4.6		352	6.9		0	0.0		50 982	14.7
65–74	78	2.1		160	3.1		0	0.0		40 007	11.5
75 or more	0	0.0		0	0.0		67 656	100.0		0	0.0
2011 IRSD quintile
Q1 Least disadvantage	215	5.7		200	3.9		12 137	17.9		63 007	18.2
Q2	633	16.9		657	12.9		17 021	25.2		79 762	23.0
Q	612	16.3		746	14.6		15 662	23.1		66 378	19.1
Q4	1105	29.5		1383	27.1		11 987	17.7		66 101	19.1
Q5 Most disadvantage	1184	31.6		2109	41.4		10 849	16.0		71 596	20.6