A Study of the Pattern of Admissions to the Accident and Emergency (A&E) Department of a Tertiary Care Hospital in Sri Lanka

Table 1

Frequency of presentations to A&E.

Speciality	Total	Males	Females
1. Medicine	26,825 (55%)	14,508 (54.0%)	12,317 (46.0%)
2. Surgery	20,524 (42%)	14,836 (72.3%)	5,688 (27.7%)
2.1. Trauma non-RTA (falls and other)	11,768 (57%)	8,311 (70.6%)	3,457 (29.4%)
2.2. RTA	5,444 (27%)	4,308 (79.1%)	1,136 (20.9%)
2.3. Assaults	1,867 (9%)	1,376 (73.7%)	491 (26.3%)
2.4. Abdominal pain (surgery)	1,445 (7%)	841 (58.2%)	604 (41.8%)
3. Paediatrics	1,751 (3.5%)	1,050 (60.0%)	701 (40.0%)
4. Gyn&Obs	113 (0.2%)
Total	49,213