THE CHART BELOW SHOWS FIGURES FOR ATTENDANCES AT HOSPITAL EMERGENCY CARE DEPARTMENTS IN NORTHERN IRELAND BY AGE GROUP IN DECEMBER 2016 AND DECEMBER 2017.
The bar chart compares the number of visits made by people in six different age categories to hospital emergency in
Northern Ireland in the December of 2016 and 2017.
It is clear that the elderly people and the youngest one visited the most attendances in emergency. Also, there was a
trend of increase in each age period from December 2016 to December 2017.
The elderly people who aged 75 and over had the highest frequency in attending hospital, which stood at approximately 62 out of every 1000 people in December 2016. And it made an increase to around 65 per 1000-population after a year. Interestingly, age 45 to 64 and age 65 to 74 showed nearly less than half the elderly people visiting in hospital, with only about 28 and 30 per 1000-population respectively in the December of 2016.
Under the age of 5, the youngest people had the second large amount spending time in the emergency from around 50 and roughly 53 per 1000-population within a year. Young children had a fewest attendance to hospital from age 5 to 15 just over 20 per 1000-population in both months. Finally, there was only a tiny difference in visiting hospital from age 16 to 44, at just 1 per 1000-popution.
'hospital attendances' bar chart
The bar chart compares the number of visits made by people in six different age categories to hospital emergency in
Northern Ireland in the December of 2016 and 2017.
It is clear that the elderly people and the youngest one visited the most attendances in emergency. Also, there was a
trend of increase in each age period from December 2016 to December 2017.
The elderly people who aged 75 and over had the highest frequency in attending hospital, which stood at approximately 62 out of every 1000 people in December 2016. And it made an increase to around 65 per 1000-population after a year. Interestingly, age 45 to 64 and age 65 to 74 showed nearly less than half the elderly people visiting in hospital, with only about 28 and 30 per 1000-population respectively in the December of 2016.
Under the age of 5, the youngest people had the second large amount spending time in the emergency from around 50 and roughly 53 per 1000-population within a year. Young children had a fewest attendance to hospital from age 5 to 15 just over 20 per 1000-population in both months. Finally, there was only a tiny difference in visiting hospital from age 16 to 44, at just 1 per 1000-popution.
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