This is a thematic map of the common childhood presentation to emergency departments (ED). The map is constrained to local government areas within 80 km of the two major children hospitals in Melbourne: Royal Children's Hospital and Monash Children's Hospital. The data comes from Torrens University Australia and can be accessed directly from their website. Data on Australian Early Development Census (AEDC) can also be downloaded from the AEDC website. The shapefiles for the local government areas are available from Australian Bureau of Statistics.

The catchment was created by determining which local government areas are within 80 km of the two major children hospitals. The zoom button (+/-) for the map is in the upper left hand corner. The viewer can also choose the base tile map by clicking on the layer control box, located below the zoom button. The data can also be downloaded directly from the screen by clicking the icons (Copy, CSV, Excel, Print, PDF). click here

Children Hospital catchment within 80 km	ED Attendance Mental Health
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ED Attendance Circulatory Diseases	ED Attendance Respiratory Disease
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ED Attendance Preventable Diseases	ED Attendance Disability
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ED Attendance Vulnerable Children	ED Attendance Injury/Poisoning
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Hospital admissions for Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Disorders
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The term vulnerable refers to Children developmentally vulnerable on one or more domains. These children were assessed in their Australian Early Development Census (AEDC) first year at school.