Summary

In Week 18 (April 30–May 6), total emergency department visits and hospitalizations following visits were slightly down among children (down 2.8%, or 2,101 visits, and down 7.3%, or 547 hospitalizations, respectively) and stable among adults.

Seasonal conditions are, for the most part, stable or declining across all age groups. Notable trends include a slight increase (low numbers) in insect bites and conjunctivitis among children under 2 years of age (17% and 21% increases, respectively) and adults aged 75 and older (29% and 8.6% increases, respectively). Among children under 2 years of age, there was also an increase in visits for viral meningitis (low numbers: 1 visit in S17 and 4 in S18). Finally, among adults, there was an increase in visits for hyperthermia and heatstroke (+31%, or +9 visits). This increase mainly concerns people aged 75 and older (3 visits in S17 and 9 in S18), among whom visits for burns also rose in S18 (19 visits in S17 and 33 in S18). In the overall activity among those under 15, the proportion of visits for insect bites, allergies, conjunctivitis, and chickenpox is higher than in the same period of the two previous years.

Visits across all age groups related to non-specific indicators are down. However, there is a moderate increase in visits for general malaise among those over 75 (+4.4%, or +126 visits).

Among the most common conditions, urinary tract infections have risen slightly among children under 2 years of age (+9%) and adults aged 15–74 (+6%). There has also been an increase in abdominal pain among children under 2 years of age (+9%) and in skin and subcutaneous infections among children aged 2–14 (+17%).