Table 2

Descriptive analysis, clinical impression (n=624 928), changes in distribution

Pre-lockdown (PL) n=588 690Lockdown (LD) n=36 238Δ %=LD−PL*P value
Clinical Impression<0.001
 Abdominal pain45 479 (7.8%)3240 (9.1%)1.3%
 Cardiac61 083 (10.4%)4082 (11.4%)1.0%
 Collapse27 296 (4.7%)1516 (4.2%)−0.4%
 Haemorrhage10 932 (1.9%)717 (2.0%)0.1%
 Infection37 374 (6.4%)2369 (6.6%)0.3%
 Mental health13 966 (2.4%)1318 (3.7%)1.3%
 Metabolic28 580 (4.9%)1616 (4.5%)−0.4%
 Other medical76 741 (13.1%)4875 (13.6%)0.5%
 Pain68 678 (11.7%)4333 (12.1%)0.4%
 Poisoning18 519 (3.2%)802 (2.2%)−0.9%
 Respiratory67 144 (11.5%)3449 (9.6%)−1.8%
 Stroke13 652 (2.3%)916 (2.6%)0.2%
 Trauma117 127 (20.0%)6535 (18.3%)−1.7%
Did alcohol contribute?<0.001
 No417 011 (93.3%)25 493 (95.2%)1.9%
 Yes30 076 (6.7%)1300 (4.9%)−1.9%
Mechanism of injury<0.001
 Assault8924 (6.0%)445 (5.7%)−0.3%
 Fall75 225 (50.8%)4603 (58.9%)8.0%
 Other trauma39 278 (26.6%)2254 (28.8%)2.3%
 Road traffic crash24 534 (16.6%)518 (6.6%)−10.0%
  • *P<0.05 is significant; χ2 test for nominal values. Independent t-test for continuous values. Missing values were <3% for all variables except did alcohol contribute? (27.1%) and mechanism of injury (15.1%, across all trauma cases), the proportion of missing values for these variables was similar across both pre-lockdown and lockdown periods. Percentages may not add to 100% due to rounding.