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Table 1 Number of emergencies and mean emergency rate, 2007–2016

From: Use of pre-hospital emergency medical services in urban and rural municipalities over a 10 year period: an observational study based on routinely collected dispatch data

 

overall

without PEP

with PEP

n

mean emergency rate (SD)

n

mean emergency rate (SD)

n

mean emergency rate (SD)

Total

7,725,636

46.6 (17.5)

3,993,450

20.0 (9.7)

3.732.186

26.6 (9.8)

Rural (n = 1371)

1,412,989

42.8 (16.0)

589,129

17.5 (8.0)

823,860

25.2 (9.4)

Small town (n = 458)

1,275,160

49.0 (17.1)

565,913

21.3 (9.5)

709,247

27.7 (9.8)

Large town (n = 161)

1,335,647

60.9 (13.2)

650,602

29.4 (9.8)

685,045

31.5 (8.9)

Medium-sized city (n = 58)

1,48,4817

73.1 (13.1)

769,047

37.3 (9.7)

715,770

35.9 (8.0)

Large city (n = 8)

2,217,023

80.7 (9.3)

1,418,759

44.4 (8.4)

798,264

36.4 (9.1)

  1. PEP: pre-hospital emergency physician
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Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

ISSN: 1757-7241