Hospital Accident & Emergency Activity 2019-20

People residing in the ‘most deprived 10%’ areas in England have the largest number of attendances at A&E departments with just under 3.1 million in 2019-20.

This group also has the highest rate of attendances with just under 55,200 attendances for every 100,000 people.

The ‘least deprived 10%’ have the lowest number of attendances (just under 1.6 million) and a rate of attendances around half that of the ‘most deprived 10%’ with just over 29,000 attendances for every 100,000 people.

Excludes attendances where the IMD is unknown.

Just under 80 per cent of A&E attendances (where the patients ethnicity is known) are for those with an ethnic group of White.

The lowest rate of attendances with 26,000 attendances for every 100,000 people is for those with an ethnic group of Mixed.

Other ethnic groups have a rate that is nearly 5 times higher with a rate of just under 125,000 attendances for every 100,000 people.

Excludes attendances where the ethnicity is unknown.