Table 8 Number of ED attendances in the pre and pandemic periods stratified by primary diagnosis for the 10 most common primary diagnosis groups

Not applicable

3760

3482

278

0.93

0.81–1.05

0.2446

Closed fracture

1522

808

714

0.53

0.44–0.62

<0.001

Sprain / ligament injury

1570

600

970

0.38

0.31–0.46

<0.001

Bruise / contusion / abrasion

1311

613

698

0.47

0.38–0.56

<0.001

Respiratory

1107

966

141

0.87

0.74–1.01

0.0852

Wound: lac / incised / bite

1119

582

537

0.52

0.46–0.58

<0.001

Gastroenterology

620

365

255

0.59

0.51–0.67

<0.001

Cardiac

634

347

287

0.55

0.5–0.6

<0.001

General Surgery

648

310

338

0.48

0.41–0.55

<0.001

GU / GI

620

243

377

0.39

0.33–0.45

<0.001