Emergency Department presentations for mental health-related conditions: variations by age group and socioeconomic disadvantage

Figure 1: Emergency department presentations for a mental-health related condition, selected age groups, by quintile of socioeconomic disadvantage or area, Australia, 2018/19

Measure of disadvantage¹	0 to 14 years	15 to 24 years	25 to 64 years	65 years and over	All ages
Q1: Least disadvantaged	192.09	1,273.99	856.82	789.35	770.80
Q2	213.27	1,486.19	1,070.05	919.95	933.10
Q3	222.85	1,574.63	1,251.80	940.31	1,053.10
Q4	271.97	1,982.35	1,758.54	1,003.58	1,373.50
Q5: Most disadvantaged	333.20	2,297.37	2,192.02	1,077.5	1,655.20
Rate ratio	1.73	1.80	2.56	1.37	2.15

¹Quintiles of socioeconomic disadvantage: for details see here.

Figure 3: Change by month in ED presentations for mental health-related conditions, by age groups: 2016/17 to 2020/21, South Australia

Population aged 0 to 4 years

Year	Pop 0 to 4 years	Rates
		Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Total FY
2016/17	102,468	0.88	0.78	0.59	0.88	0.68	0.59	1.17	0.88	1.07	0.88	0.49	-	8.88
2017/18	101,135	1.09	-	0.69	1.09	0.69	-	0.99	0.49	-	0.59	-	0.59	6.23
2018/19	99,915	0.60	-	0.50	0.50	0.70	0.50	0.50	0.50	-	0.60	-	0.80	5.20
2019/20	98,918	0.61	-	-	-	-	0.81	-	0.51	-	-	-	-	1.92
2020/21	99,781	-	0.60	0.50	0.50	-	0.60	-	0.80	0.60	0.70	-	0.80	5.11

Note: The 0 to 4 year age group was not charted as there are too many missing values, and low rates based on small numbers.

Population aged 5 to 11 years

Year	Pop 5 to 11 years	Rates
		Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Total FY
2016/17	144,593	0.97	1.11	1.18	1.11	2.07	1.11	1.80	1.11	2.42	1.59	2.42	0.90	17.77
2017/18	146,399	1.30	1.30	1.98	1.78	1.91	1.43	1.98	1.71	1.64	1.91	2.66	1.64	21.24
2018/19	147,690	1.35	2.64	2.23	1.02	2.03	2.10	2.44	1.96	2.57	2.57	3.05	4.47	28.44
2019/20	148,511	1.01	2.02	2.15	2.49	3.37	1.89	2.36	3.16	2.96	1.28	2.63	2.49	27.81
2020/21	148,790	2.89	2.82	2.69	2.76	2.82	2.22	1.95	3.09	2.62	1.95	2.69	1.81	30.31

Population aged 12 to 17 years

Year	Pop 12 to 17 years	Rates
		Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Total FY
2016/17	118,904	11.77	16.90	18.67	17.41	19.26	11.61	16.57	15.64	20.77	13.71	22.37	17.91	202.6
2017/18	118,977	16.56	20.68	16.64	15.63	19.25	15.55	13.53	18.74	19.58	16.22	20.84	22.11	215.34
2018/19	119,937	19.18	19.34	19.84	18.84	21.76	17.26	19.26	20.76	24.43	18.68	17.51	18.93	235.79
2019/20	121,755	16.10	20.04	19.22	20.86	22.18	14.54	17.82	21.93	21.68	18.64	24.15	29.07	246.23
2020/21	123,886	26.07	30.03	28.17	26.23	27.93	20.83	21.23	27.36	35.19	24.78	33.74	29.22	330.79

Population aged 18 to 24 years

Year	Pop 18 to 24 years	Rates
		Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Total FY
2016/17	158,544	18.04	18.80	18.10	21.51	18.29	18.48	18.10	17.09	20.50	18.99	18.73	18.67	225.3
2017/18	158,611	19.54	20.87	20.36	19.10	19.48	20.62	26.16	19.42	21.63	18.35	21.75	20.87	248.15
2018/19	158,934	21.39	20.76	20.07	23.59	23.34	20.57	20.26	20.20	26.68	19.32	21.39	19.88	257.47
2019/20	159,110	22.69	23.32	22.25	22.75	23.82	23.32	23.07	23.82	23.63	20.11	22.44	23.44	274.65
2020/21	158,020	24.81	25.88	25.25	26.33	24.36	25.63	27.97	26.20	24.87	22.97	23.16	22.66	300.09

Population aged 25 to 64 years

Year	Pop 25 to 64 years	Rates
		Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Total FY
2016/17	886,695	11.29	11.45	11.65	12.26	11.44	11.72	11.74	10.89	11.42	11.10	11.46	11.07	137.49
2017/18	889,679	11.72	11.78	11.09	12.35	11.94	11.42	12.57	11.14	12.87	11.25	11.12	11.64	140.89
2018/19	894,108	11.89	12.18	11.45	12.52	11.80	12.99	12.85	12.05	13.67	11.39	12.01	10.99	145.78
2019/20	900,936	12.71	12.71	13.29	13.32	12.70	13.14	14.51	14.23	13.32	12.23	13.46	12.62	158.24
2020/21	901,252	13.40	13.67	13.23	13.59	13.08	13.14	13.36	13.64	14.38	12.80	12.63	11.88	158.8

Population aged 65 years and over

Year	Pop 65 years and over	Rates
		Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Total FY
2016/17	307,180	3.81	3.16	3.29	3.29	3.61	3.55	3.65	2.54	3.42	3.35	3.91	3.61	41.18
2017/18	315,425	3.87	3.49	3.52	4.6	3.55	3.27	4.53	3.36	3.74	3.27	3.77	3.30	44.26
2018/19	324,022	3.58	3.77	3.18	3.67	4.29	3.73	3.86	3.86	5.00	4.10	3.92	3.24	46.2
2019/20	333,670	3.93	3.54	3.81	3.81	4.23	4.05	5.21	4.11	3.81	3.96	3.69	3.69	47.8
2020/21	341,038	3.49	3.61	4.31	4.40	3.58	3.81	3.78	3.87	4.05	3.34	3.84	3.20	45.27