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Table 1 General characteristics of cases presenting at the emergency department, September 2009 through August 2011

From: Human temperatures for syndromic surveillance in the emergency department: data from the autumn wave of the 2009 swine flu (H1N1) pandemic and a seasonal influenza outbreak

Characteristic

Value

Visits

110,465

Sex

 

 Female

54 %

 Male

46 %

Mean age

50.2 y

Rate of admission

37 %

Time of triagea

 

 10:00 PM–1:59 AM

11 %

 2:00 AM–5:59 AM

6 %

 6:00 AM–9:59 AM

11 %

 10:00 AM–1:59 PM

26 %

 2:00 PM–5:59 PM

25 %

 6:00 PM–9:59 PM

21 %

  1. aAssessed from the temperature measurement records
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