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De\u2010identified data were obtained from individuals who presented to EDs and urgent care centres (UCCs) within the study region, who had a principal diagnosis of a <jats:italic>Mental and Behavioural Disorder<\/jats:italic> (codes F00\u2010F99). Data were sourced from the Victorian Emergency Minimum Dataset and Rural Acute Hospital Database Register (RAHDaR). Age\u2010standardised incident rates for mental health emergency presentations were calculated for the whole sample and for local government areas. Data on usual accommodation, arrival transport mode, referral source, patient disposition and length of ED\/UCC stay were also obtained.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>We identified 11\u2009613 mental health emergency presentations, with neurotic, stress\u2010related and somatoform disorders (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20093139, 27.0%) and mental and behavioural disorders due to psychoactive substance use (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20093487, 30.0%) being the most frequent types of presentations recorded. The highest age\u2010standardised incidence rates (mental health diagnosis per 1000 population\/year) were in Glenelg (13.95), whereas Queenscliffe had the lowest incident rates (3.76). Most presentations (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20093851, 33.2%) tended to occur for individuals aged between 15 and 29\u2009years.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Neurotic, stress\u2010related and somatoform disorders and mental and behavioural disorders due to psychoactive substance use were the most frequent types of presentations recorded across the sample. 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