Table 2 The disease spectrum of patients admitted to the emergency department of Tianjin Medical University General Hospital from 2017 to 2020 (cases, %)

The disease spectrum

2017

2018

2019

2020

Internal Medicine

209,343 (67.37)

228,249 (66.45)

263,640 (65.10)

161,304 (63.08)

Respiratory system

64,077 (20.62)

79,143 (23.04)

96,902 (23.93)

31,880 (12.47)

Cardiovascular system

61,260 (19.71)

60,189 (17.52)

59,151 (14.61)

46,807 (18.31)

Digestive system

25,335 (8.15)

29,172 (8.49)

43,983 (10.86)

26,685 (10.44)

Urinary system

10,858 (3.49)

13,497 (3.93)

14,270 (3.52)

9,051 (3.54)

Metabolism Endocrinology

29,766 (9.58)

27,977 (8.14)

30,177 (7.45)

25,993 (10.17)

Rheumatic immune system

4,609 (1.48)

2,589 (0.75)

2,184 (0.54)

1,692 (0.66)

Blood system

10,731 (3.45)

13,003 (3.79)

14,027 (3.46)

15,912 (6.22)

Nervous system

2,172 (0.70)

2,120 (0.62)

2,244 (0.55)

2,803 (1.10)

Poisoning

535 (0.17)

559 (0.16)

702 (0.17)

481 (0.19)

Surgery

15,083 (4.85)

14,344 (4.18)

11,853 (2.93)

14,554 (5.69)

General Surgery

9,169 (2.95)

9,118 (2.65)

6,355 (1.57)

11,279 (4.41)

Orthopedics

921 (0.30)

899 (0.26)

1,100 (0.27)

1,106 (0.43)

Neurosurgery

4,993 (1.61)

4,327 (1.26)

4,398 (1.09)

2,169 (0.85)

Obstetrics and Gynecology

983 (0.32)

1,342 (0.39)

1,072 (0.26)

602 (0.24)

Dermatology

1,871 (0.60)

1,171 (0.34)

1,461 (0.36)

915 (0.36)

Otorhinolaryngology

3,118 (1.00)

4,470 (1.30)

5,235 (1.29)

2,141 (0.84)

Stomatology

282 (0.09)

326 (0.09)

391 (0.10)

397 (0.16)

Ophthalmology

890 (0.29)

566 (0.16)

552 (0.14)

565 (0.22)

Psychiatry

928 (0.30)

443 (0.13)

310 (0.08)

382 (0.15)

Other

78,260 (25.18)

92,587 (26.95)

120,452 (29.74)

74,834 (29.27)

The total

310,758

343,498

404,966

255,694