Variable
2019 (n=700) 2020 (n=597)
p
Sex
Female
329 (47.0)
269 (45.1)
0.520
Male
371 (53.0)
328 (54.9)
Age (month) 33.0 [1.0 – 213.0] 36.0 [2.0 – 267.0] 0.010
Age
≤5 years
502 (71.7)
417 (69.8)
0.463
>5 years
198 (28.3)
180 (30.2)
Date of admission
March
163 (23.3)
140 (23.5)
<0.001
April
177 (25.3)*
229 (38.5)*
May
267 (38.1)*
169 (28.4)*
June
93 (13.3)*
57 (9.6)*
Time of admission
08:00 - 16:00
214 (30.6)
181 (30.8)
0.732
16:00 - 24:00
390 (55.7)
335 (57.0)
24:00 - 08:00
96 (13.7)
72 (12.2)
Admission status
Referred
73 (10.5)
109 (18.4)
<0.001
Direct admission
620 (89.5)
483 (81.6)
Type of admission
Self-presented
680 (97.1)
560 (94.1)
0.011
EMS
20 (2.9)
35 (5.9)
Time to hospital admission
1 hour
306 (51.7)
311 (56.2)
0.147
1-3 hours
155 (26.2)
127 (23.0)
3-6 hours
32 (5.4)
42 (7.6)
6-12 hours
36 (6.1)
26 (4.7)
>12 hours
63 (10.6)
47 (8.5)
Main clinical presentation
Falls
422 (60.4)*
406 (68.0)*
<0.001
Poisoning - drugs
34 (4.9)
17 (2.8)
Poisoning - other
3 (0.4)
4 (0.7)
Ingestion of corrosives
7 (1.0)
8 (1.3)
Respiratory foreign body
2 (0.3)
5 (0.8)
Esophageal foreign body
2 (0.3)
2 (0.3)
Gastrointestinal foreign body
22 (3.1)*
8 (1.3)*
Penetrating stab injury
35 (5.0)*
55 (9.2)*
Others
172 (24.6)*
92 (15.4)*