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Table 5 Number of ED attendees stratified by NEWS2 severity score group

From: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on emergency department attendances and acute medical admissions

NEWS2 Score

Pre-pandemic (%1)

1st pandemic wave (%1)

Difference

Incidence rate ratio

Confidence interval

P value

Low

10,841 (73.6)

7143 (69.0)

3698

0.66

0.59–0.73

< 0.001

Low-medium

2025 (13.8)

1465 (14.1)

560

0.72

0.64–0.81

< 0.001

Medium

980 (6.7)

898 (8.7)

82

0.92

0.81–1.02

0.14

High

875 (5.9)

849 (8.2)

26

0.97

0.87–1.07

0.55

  1. 1Percent refers to proportion of attendees in a given NEWS2 score group