This dataset, released June 2020, contains total Emergency department presentations by principal diagnosis, 2017/18. Presentations include Total presentations; Total presentations for certain infectious and parasitic diseases; Total presentations for mental and behavioural disorders; Total presentations for diseases of the circulatory system; Total presentations for diseases of the respiratory system; Total presentations for diseases of the digestive system; Total presentations for diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue; Total presentations for diseases of the genitourinary system; Total presentations for injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes; Total presentations for factors influencing health status and contact with health services; Total presentations for other diseases/ conditions.
The data is by Local Government Area (LGA) 2016 geographic boundaries.
For more information please see the data source notes on the data.
Source: Compiled by PHIDU using data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, supplied on behalf of State and Territory health departments for 2017/18; and the average of the ABS Estimated Resident Population, 30 June 2017 and 2018.
AURIN has spatially enabled the original data. Data that was not shown/not applicable/not published/not available for the specific area ('#', '..', '^', 'np, 'n.a.', 'n.y.a.' in original PHIDU data) was removed.It has been replaced by by Blank cells. For other keys and abbreviations refer to PHIDU Keys.