In 2017–18, 63% of ED presentations were reported for people living in Major cities—who make up about 71% of the Australian population, about 289 ED presentations per 1,000 people.
People living in Remote and Very remote areas (who make up about 2% of the population) accounted for more than 3% of presentations, about 554 and 435 ED presentations per 1,000 people, respectively.
For people living in Major cities, 54% of presentations were assigned to the 3 most urgent triage categories (Resuscitation, Emergency, and Urgent), compared with about 37% of presentations reported for people living in Remote areas.