Characteristics of chest pain and its acute management in a low-middle income country: analysis of emergency department surveillance data from Pakistan

Table 1 Main characteristics of chest pain patients (n = 19,752)

History of visit n (%)
Sex	Male	11,028 (60)
	Female	7,515 (40)
Age	18-30	5,181 (27.9)
	31-45	6,752 (36.3)
	46-60	4,949 (26.6)
	61-75	1,336 (7.2)
	75-90	360 (1.9)
Mode of arrival at EDs	Ambulance	585 (2.9)
	Non-ambulance	18,150 (91.9)
Hospital	Public	19,164 (97.0)
	Private	588 (3.0)
Treated for chest pain in last 72 hours	Male	1,888 (54.4)
	Female	1,546 (44.5)
Episode of care	First visit	16,532 (83.7)
	Follow-up visit	643 (3.2)
	Don't know	85 (0.4)
Number of ED visits within last 12 months	0	6,072 (30.7)
	1	3,750 (18.9)
	2	1,198 (6)
	3	540 (2.7)
	4-10	518 (2.6)
	Don't know	173 (0.9)

Missing: 5.13% for the mode of arrival variable; 3.55% for treatment in last 72 hours variable; 18.04% for discharged in last 7 days variable; 12.62% for episode of care variable; 37.89% for number of ED visits last year variable; 26.96% for triage variable

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