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Table 2 Mortality (1-day and 30-day) at high, medium and low risk classes categorized according to the prehospital National Early Warning Score (NEWS)

From: Does the prehospital National Early Warning Score predict the short-term mortality of unselected emergency patients?

  

NEWS class

 

High

Medium

Low

Missions, n

718

1832

9876

1-day mortality

Number of deaths

153

17

21

Mortality, % (95%CI)

21.3 (18.3 to 24.5)

0.9 (0.5 to 1.5)

0.2 (0.1 to 0.3)

RR (95%CI)

101.5 (69.0 to 144.1)

4.4 (2.3 to 8.2)

1.0 (ref.)

p

< 0.001

< 0.001

 

30-day mortality

Number of deaths

238

115

208

Mortality, % (95%CI)

33.1 (29.6 to 36.8)

6.3 (5.2 to 7.4)

2.1 (1.8 to 2.4)

RR (95%CI)

16.0 (13.6 to 18.0)

3.0 (2.4 to 3.7)

1.0 (ref.)

p

< 0.001

< 0.001

 
  1. RR relative risk, 95% CI 95% confidence interval
  2. There were 191 early 1-day deaths and 561 2–30 day deaths
  3. Wald’s test was used for statistical comparison with reference level