Coronavirus impact stress anxiety hospital visits Canada 2020

Based on data on the Fort McMurray wildfires, it is predicted the COVID-19 pandemic could increase the number of emergency and inpatient visits for stress/anxiety up to 134 thousand during the acute event period, and up to 71 thousand during the post disaster steady state. This statistic shows the projected number of emergency and inpatient visits for stress/anxiety related disorders during and after the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, for three scenarios, as estimated in August 2020.

Projected number of emergency and inpatient stress/anxiety visits in Canada during and after the COVID-19 disaster, by scenario*

Characteristic	Acute reaction period	Post-disasterous new steady state
Canadian base level	69,000	69,000
50% Fort McMurray wildfires	91,000	69,000
100% Fort McMurray wildfires	112,000	70,000
150% Fort McMurray wildfires	134,000	71,000

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August 2020

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Canada

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as of August 2020

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* Potential mental health impacts of COVID-19 are based on Alberta Health's data on the Fort McMurray wildfires. Base level data from 2017 mental health statistics from CIHI.

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