Table 2 Baseline data of participants
From: Are 5-level triage systems improved by using a symptom based approach?—a Danish cohort study
DEPT | VITAL-TRIAGE | p values | |
|---|---|---|---|
Men | 253,245 (50.9%) | 70,194 (52.2%) | < 0.001 |
Women | 244,440 (49.1%) | 64,317 (47.8%) | |
Age | |||
Age, median (IQR) | 53 (IQR 34:72) | 52 (IQR 33:71) | < 0.001 |
18–49 | 224,888 (45.2%) | 61,872 (46.0%) | |
50–64 | 96,869 (19.5%) | 26,534 (19.7%) | |
65–79 | 103,525 (20.8%) | 28,527 (21.2%) | |
79+ | 62,403 (14.5%) | 17,578 (13.1%) | |
Triage categories | |||
Grey | 108,837 (21.9%) | 37,025 (27.5%) | < 0.001 |
Blue | 94,601 (19.0%) | 15,114 (11.2%) | |
Green | 117,032 (23.5%) | 52,454 (39.0%) | |
Yellow | 103,738 (20.8%) | 25,705 (19.1%) | |
Orange | 62,672 (12.6%) | 2700 (2.0%) | |
Red | 10,805 (2.2%) | 1513 (1.1%) | |
Charlson Comorbidity Index | |||
CCI 0 | 305,568 (61.4%) | 83,428 (62.0%) | < 0.001 |
CCI 1 | 77,421 (15.6%) | 20,042 (14.9%) | |
CCI 2 | 47,848 (9.6%) | 12,673 (9.4%) | |
CCI > 2 | 66,848 (13.4%) | 18,368 (13.7) | |