Table 3 Initial diagnosis
From: A retrospective comparison between non-conveyed and conveyed patients in ambulance care
Variable | Total (n = 54.797) (%) | Non-conveyance (n = 14.383) | Conveyance (n = 40.414) | Difference | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chapter | |||||
Diseases of the circulatory system (Chapter 9) | 13,671 (24.9) | 2732 (19.0) | 10,939 (27.1) | −8.1 | .000 |
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (Chapter 19) | 7410 (13.5) | 1753 (12.2) | 5657 (14.0) | −1.8 | .000 |
Diseases of the respiratory system (Chapter 10) | 3598 (6.6) | 198 (1.4) | 3400 (8.4) | −7.0 | .000 |
Other/non classifiable | 3547 (6.5) | 1088 (7.6) | 2459 (6.1) | + 1.5 | .000 |
Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (Chapter 18) | 2443 (4.5) | 473 (3.3) | 1970 (4.9) | −1.6 | .000 |
Diseases of the nervous system (Chapter 6) | 1988 (3.6) | 439 (3.1) | 1549 (3.8) | −0.7 | .000 |
Diseases of the digestive system (Chapter 11) | 1756 (3.2) | 449 (3.1) | 1307 (3.2) | −0.1 | .525 |
Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (Chapter 1) | 1661 (3.0) | 140 (1.0) | 1521 (3.8) | −2.8 | .000 |
Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders (Chapter 5) | 1358 (2.5) | 738 (5.1) | 620 (1.5) | +3.6 | .000 |
Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (Chapter 12) | 699 (1.3) | 275 (1.9) | 424 (1.0) | + 0.9 | .000 |