All causes and respiratory related ED visits in Ottawa by age and week

<p><strong>Date created:</strong> February 2023<br /><strong>Update frequency:</strong> Weekly<br /><strong>Accuracy: </strong>Points of consideration for interpretation of the data:</p><ul><li>Data are extracted by Ottawa Public Health from the Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox &amp; Addington (KFL&amp;A) Public Health’s Acute Care Enhanced Surveillance Application (ACES).&nbsp;</li><li>Data are for all ED visits to Ottawa hospitals, regardless of place of residence of clients.</li><li>ACES categorizes each ED visit as respiratory-related based on the words or codes for symptoms or complaints recorded in the chief complaint section in a patient’s triage record. The categorization includes visits likely due to such diseases and conditions as bronchiolitis, RSV, croup, influenza-like illness, asthma, pneumonia and other respiratory infections and conditions.&nbsp;</li><li>OPH modified the categorization to include French terminology in the chief complaint, remove visits exclusively for COVID-19 testing and include ED visits due to COVID-19 illness or symptoms as respiratory-related. This means the counts or rates included in this product may be different compared to other sources.</li><li>The chief complaint at triage may not be the same as the final diagnosis.<br /><br />&nbsp;</li></ul><p><strong>Attributes - Data fields:</strong><br />&nbsp;</p><ul><li>Start of Week - the first day (YYYY-MM-DD) within the week of interest, week starts on Sunday and ends on Saturday.&nbsp;</li><li>Age Category – age range of patients during their emergency department (ED) visit (0 to 3 years, 4 to 11 years, 12 to 17 years, 18 to 54 years, 55 to 79 years, 80+ years).</li><li>All Causes ED Visits to Ottawa Hospitals – total number of ED visits, including visits by non-Ottawa residents, to Ottawa hospitals.&nbsp;</li><li>Multiple ED visits by the same person in the same week are counted as multiple ED visits.</li><li>Respiratory-related ED Visits to Ottawa Hospitals - total number of respiratory-related ED visits, including non-Ottawa residents to Ottawa hospitals. Includes visits due to illnesses and conditions such as bronchiolitis, RSV, croup, influenza-like illness, asthma, pneumonia and other respiratory infections and conditions.&nbsp;</li><li>% ED Visits Respiratory-related in Ottawa Hospitals – the percentage of ED visits that were due to respiratory-related conditions in Ottawa hospitals. The numerator is the total number of respiratory-related ED visits and the denominator is the total number ED visits, all causes.<br />&nbsp;</li></ul><p><strong>Author: </strong>OPH Epidemiology Team<br /><strong>Author email:</strong> [e-mail]<br /><strong>Maintainer Organization: </strong>Epidemiology &amp; Evidence, Ottawa Public Health</p>