Table 1

The frequency of short-stay emergency department (SSED) injury discharges and the ratio of SSED injury discharges to non-SSED injury discharges from 2000 to 2014 in New Zealand’s National Minimum Dataset of hospital discharges

Discharge year	Injury discharges*	SSED event		% SSED	Ratio of SSED to non-SSED
Discharge year	Injury discharges*	Yes	No	% SSED	Ratio of SSED to non-SSED
2000	62 403	9 804	52 599	15.7	0.19
2001	69 099	14 564	54 535	21.1	0.27
2002	70 020	15 641	54 379	22.3	0.29
2003	69 297	14 930	54 367	21.5	0.27
2004	69 265	14 823	54 442	21.4	0.27
2005	73 765	17 648	56 117	23.9	0.31
2006	77 900	20 130	57 770	25.8	0.35
2007	78 853	20 669	58 184	26.2	0.36
2008	84 962	25 790	59 172	30.4	0.44
2009	91 789	32 474	59 315	35.4	0.55
2010	94 320	33 585	60 735	35.6	0.55
2011	93 573	34 023	59 550	36.4	0.57
2012	95 772	35 939	59 833	37.5	0.60
2013	98 154	37 243	60 911	37.9	0.61
2014	100 600	37 851	62 749	37.6	0.60
Total	1 229 772	365 114	864 658	29.7	0.42

*Discharges with a primary diagnosis in the ICD10 range S00-T78; includes all discharge types (fatal and non-fatal).
ICD10, International Classification of Diseases, 10th Edition.