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Table 1 Total numbers and percentages of emergency calls overall and stratified by season, weekday and time of day according to emergency priority levels
| Emergency priority levelb | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | C | E | Total, known contact cause | Total in study perioda | |
| Total, n(%) | 60,746 (100) | 75,555 (100) | 5,550 (100) | 25,784 (100) | 167,635 (100) | 211,193 (100) |
| Variable | ||||||
| Season c | ||||||
| Winter, n (%) | 15,624 (25.7) | 19,096 (25.2) | 1,119 (20.2) | 6,365 (24.7) | 42,204 (25.2) | 53,808 (25.5) |
| Spring, n (%) | 15,091 (24.8) | 18,378 (24.3) | 1,416 (25.5) | 5,922 (23.0) | 40,807 (24.3) | 51,833 (24.5) |
| Summer, n (%) | 15,326 (25.2) | 19,181 (25.4) | 1,586 (28.6) | 6,669 (25.9) | 42,762 (25.5) | 53,167 (25.2) |
| Autumn, n (%) | 14,705 (24.2) | 18,900 (25.0) | 1,429 (25.8) | 6,828 (26.5) | 41,862 (25.0) | 52,385 (24.8) |
| Weekday | ||||||
| Monday, n (%) | 8,982 (14.8) | 10,457 (13.8) | 717 (12.9) | 3,120 (12.1) | 23,276 (13.9) | 29,157 (13.8) |
| Tuesday, n (%) | 8,762 (14.4) | 10,352 (13.7) | 733 (13.2) | 3,057 (11.9) | 22,904 (13.7) | 28,564 (13.5) |
| Wednesday, n(%) | 8,612 (14.2) | 10,338 (13.7) | 753 (13.6) | 3,152 (12.2) | 22,855 (13.6) | 28,401 (13.5) |
| Thursday, n (%) | 8,794 (14.5) | 10,813 (14.3) | 763 (13.8) | 3,204 (12.4) | 23,574 (14.1) | 29,471 (14.0) |
| Friday, n (%) | 8,926 (14.7) | 11,343 (15.0) | 859 (15.5) | 3,900 (15.1) | 25,028 (14.9) | 31,320 (14.8) |
| Saturday, n (%) | 8,524 (14.0) | 11,634 (15.4) | 922 (16.6) | 4,825 (18.7) | 25,905 (15.5) | 33,142 (15.7) |
| Sunday, n (%) | 8,146 (13.4) | 10,618 (14.1) | 803 (14.5) | 4,526 (17.6) | 24,093 (14.4) | 31,138 (14.7) |
| Time of day d | ||||||
| Night, n (%) | 11,604 (19,1) | 16,314 (21,6) | 1,123 (20.2) | 8,430 (32.7) | 37,471 (22.4) | 49,104 (23.3) |
| Day, n (%) | 26,433 (43,5) | 30,880 (40,9) | 2,363 (42.6) | 7,660 (29.7) | 67,336 (40.2) | 82,242 (38.9) |
| Evening, n (%) | 22,709 (37,4) | 28,361 37,5) | 2,064 (37.2) | 9,694 (37.6) | 62,828 (37.5) | 79,847 (37.8) |
