Table 1 All causes of ED presentations by persons experiencing homelessness (PEH)

All injuries

9561

9291

 − 2.8

3,912,758

5,859,043

49.7

Poisoning (inc. overdose)

2996

7876

162.9

127,240

311,370

144.7

Infectious disease

190

520

173.7

102,574

265,173

158.5

Local infection

774

1440

86.0

220,534

349,308

58.4

Septicaemia

18

141

683.3

9080

112,169

1135.3

Cardiac conditions

764

779

2.0

334,200

645,822

93.2

Cerebrovascular conditions

175

167

 − 4.6

94,412

233,811

147.6

Other vascular conditions

131

329

151.1

46,877

81,845

74.6

Haematological conditions

79

124

57.0

26,327

98,472

274.0

Central nervous system conditions (exc stroke)

1062

768

 − 27.7

214,624

243,252

13.3

Respiratory conditions

854

1738

103.5

411,149

1,119,302

172.2

Gastrointestinal conditions

1243

1635

31.5

511,533

1,019,153

99.2

Urological conditions (inc. cystitis)

435

719

65.3

197,414

628,136

218.2

Diabetes and other endocrinological conditions

121

243

100.8

44,356

89,790

102.4

Allergy (inc. anaphylaxis)

119

124

4.2

55,838

98,712

76.8

Psychiatric conditions

1608

3917

143.6

90,079

267,592

197.1

Social problems (inc. chronic alcoholism and homelessness)

869

1072

23.4

29,620

53,578

80.9

Diagnosis not classifiable

5900

8098

37.3

1,565,348

1,988,773

27.0

Nothing abnormal detected

1583

3287

107.6

312,994

1,061,415

239.1

Total

30,406

44,061

44.9

9,043,559

16,040,964

77.4