Table 1 Patient characteristics on arrival to the ED
Patient characteristics | Total visits | Alive after 3 days | Deceased after 3 days | 3-day mortality (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
Total | 1,690,981 | (100%) | 1,688,127 | (100%) | 2854 | (100%) | 0.17 |
Hospital | |||||||
Danderyd | 374,431 | (22.1%) | 373,845 | (22.1%) | 586 | (20.5%) | 0.16 |
Huddinge | 316,450 | (18.7%) | 315,922 | (18.7%) | 528 | (18.5%) | 0.17 |
Norrtälje | 103,556 | (6.1%) | 103,288 | (6.1%) | 268 | (9.4%) | 0.26 |
Solna | 319,857 | (18.9%) | 319,428 | (18.9%) | 429 | (15.0%) | 0.13 |
Södertälje | 130,216 | (7.7%) | 130,043 | (7.7%) | 173 | (6.1%) | 0.13 |
Södersjukhuset | 446,471 | (26.4%) | 445,601 | (26.4%) | 870 | (30.5%) | 0.19 |
Chief complaint category | |||||||
Hip/Thigh/Femur injury | 28,246 | (1.7%) | 28,058 | (1.7%) | 188 | (6.6%) | 0.67 |
Dyspnea | 99,359 | (5.9%) | 98,769 | (5.9%) | 590 | (20.7%) | 0.59 |
Malaise/Fatigue | 44,921 | (2.7%) | 44,666 | (2.6%) | 255 | (8.9%) | 0.57 |
Gastro-intestinal bleeding | 15,297 | (0.9%) | 15,229 | (0.9%) | 68 | (2.4%) | 0.44 |
General infection or fever | 48,235 | (2.9%) | 48,110 | (2.8%) | 125 | (4.4%) | 0.26 |
Neurological deficit | 44,136 | (2.6%) | 44,063 | (2.6%) | 73 | (2.6%) | 0.17 |
Head injury | 45,345 | (2.7%) | 45,271 | (2.7%) | 74 | (2.6%) | 0.16 |
Abdominal or flank pain | 231,627 | (13.7%) | 231,293 | (13.7%) | 334 | (11.7%) | 0.14 |
Chest pain | 139,786 | (8.3%) | 139,636 | (8.3%) | 150 | (5.3%) | 0.11 |
Painful or swollen extremity | 106,558 | (6.3%) | 106,500 | (6.3%) | 58 | (2.0%) | 0.05 |
Others | 887,471 | (52.5%) | 886,532 | (52.5%) | 939 | (32.9%) | 0.11 |
Triage priority | |||||||
2 | 246,987 | (14.6%) | 245,522 | (14.5%) | 1465 | (51.3%) | 0.59 |
3 | 747,558 | (44.2%) | 746,382 | (44.2%) | 1176 | (41.2%) | 0.16 |
4 | 512,103 | (30.3%) | 511,912 | (30.3%) | 191 | (6.7%) | 0.04 |
5 | 184,333 | (10.9%) | 184,311 | (10.9%) | 22 | (0.8%) | 0.01 |
Age group | |||||||
80 or older | 239,679 | (14.2%) | 237,957 | (14.1%) | 1722 | (60.3%) | 0.72 |
60–79 | 476,694 | (28.2%) | 475,763 | (28.2%) | 931 | (32.6%) | 0.20 |
40–59 | 465,971 | (27.6%) | 465,798 | (27.6%) | 173 | (6.1%) | 0.04 |
18–39 | 508,637 | (30.1%) | 508,609 | (30.1%) | 28 | (1.0%) | 0.01 |
Sex | |||||||
Male | 811,246 | (48.0%) | 809,762 | (48.0%) | 1484 | (52.0%) | 0.18 |
Female | 879,735 | (52.0%) | 878,365 | (52.0%) | 1370 | (48.0%) | 0.16 |