The epidemiology of medical emergency contacts outside hospitals in Norway - a prospective population based study

Table 3 The most frequent used Index categories by patients' gender, age, whereabouts and to where the patients were brought.

	A01/02 Unconscious		A05 Ordered mission*		A06 Inconclusive problem		A10 Chest pain		A34/35 Accidents		All other categories		Total
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Patients	410	8	864	18	707	14	1 098	22	565	12	1 280	26	4 924	100
Male
0-9 years	11	6	44	24	24	14	2	1	15	8	85	47	181	100
10-29 years	34	8	55	14	58	14	13	3	119	30	123	31	402	100
30-49 years	38	7	80	15	70	13	111	21	97	19	128	25	524	100
50-69 years	62	7	133	16	132	16	275	33	70	9	158	19	830	100
> 70 years	81	11	126	18	131	18	211	29	32	5	139	19	720	100
Total	226	9	438	16	415	16	612	23	333	12	633	24	2 657	100
Female
0-9 years	20	16	20	16	11	10	1	1	8	6	63	51	123	100
10-29 years	28	8	56	16	39	11	12	3	76	21	151	42	362	100
30-49 years	29	7	80	19	55	13	67	16	50	12	152	35	433	100
50-69 years	23	5	81	17	75	15	156	32	45	9	110	23	490	100
> 70 years	77	10	171	21	110	14	249	31	31	4	157	20	795	100
Total	177	8	408	19	290	13	485	22	210	9	633	29	2 203	100
Patients' whereabouts
At home	243	9	349	12	416	15	833	30	87	3	882	31	2 810	100
Casualty clinic	4	3	115	77	3	2	17	11	1	1	10	6	150	100
Doctor's surgery	2	1	105	54	4	2	62	32	4	2	19	9	199	100
Public area	113	9	65	6	221	19	94	8	442	37	249	21	1 184	100
Hospitals	0	0	137	87	0	0	9	6	0	0	11	7	157	100
Nursing home	22	9	64	27	34	15	51	22	2	1	60	26	233	100
Other	13	12	12	11	21	19	20	18	15	14	29	26	110	100
Total	397	8	849	18	699	15	1 086	22	551	11	1 260	26	4 842	100
Patients brought to
Casualty clinic	57	8	76	10	151	21	155	21	105	14	187	26	731	100
Hospital via casualty clinic	27	5	76	15	100	19	127	24	52	10	138	27	520	100
Directly hospital, doctor involved	107	6	544	32	145	8	424	25	159	9	337	20	1 716	100
Directly hospital, doctor not involved	102	9	87	7	175	15	274	23	175	15	364	31	1 177	100
Remained on site	42	8	55	11	82	16	100	19	43	8	200	38	522	100
Deceased	64	38	12	7	37	22	10	6	14	9	30	18	167	100
Taken care of by other	5	12	3	7	11	27	2	5	8	20	12	29	41	100
Total	404	8	853	18	701	15	1 092	22	556	11	1 268	26	4 874	100

The variables have some missing data and the total may not add up to 4 924 for all groups.
* Mission ordered by health personnel or other emergency units, i.e. transport directly to hospital or ambulance assistance to other emergency

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