For your Consideration: Chest Pain in QLD Hospitals from 19’ to 22’

And 'Other Chest Pain'.

The following data is from the Emergency Departments of Queensland Health Hospitals.
*The diagnosis at time of ED admission and discharge is not always a definitive diagnosis.*  

***Date: 30th of June 2021, until 30th of June 2022***

Chest pain, unspecified = 57900
Ages 10-40 = 19288 (33%)
Covid-19 Positive: 720

Other chest pain = 24239
Ages 10-40 = 11969 (49%)
Covid-19 Positive: 117

***Date: 30th of June 2020, until 30th of June 2021***

Chest pain, unspecified = 46127  
Ages 10-40 = 12156 (26%)

Other chest pain = 20173
Ages 10-40 = 8517 (42%)

***Date: 30th of June 2019, until 30th of June 2020***

Chest pain, unspecified – 40172  
Ages 10-40 = 9631 (23%)
Other chest pain – 17966  
Ages 10-40 = 7445 (41%)

***Date: 30th of June 2018, until 30th of June 2019***

Chest pain, unspecified = 28327
Other chest pain = 19298

***Base line Averages 18-21***

Chest Pain - 38208
Other Chest Pain - 19145


From June 2021 until June 2022, there was 19692 additional cases above the yearly average for Chest Pain. Using the rate of 33%, there was around 6498 additional cases in those aged under 40 against the yearly average.

As a ratio, for each positive covid case associated with Chest Pain, 9 cases of Chest Pain occurred in under 40’s from ‘unknown causes’.

From June 2021 until June 2022, there was 5094 additional cases above the yearly average of Other Chest Pain. Using the rate of 49%, there was around 2496 additional cases in those under 40.

As a ratio, for each positive covid case associated with Other Chest Pain, 21 cases of Other Chest Pain occurred in under 40’s from ‘unknown causes’.

In an Emergency Department setting, the evidence may suggest that for those under 40, the risk of both Chest Pain and Other Chest Pain from ‘unknown causes’ far exceeds the associated risk from covid 19 infection.  

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