Table 5 The 20 most frequent reasons for encounter at red urgency level (potentially life threatening). RFE groups and non-grouped ICPC-2 RFE codes ranked together. Counts, incidences, absolute and cumulative proportions
| Â | Â | Â | Â | Incidence (per 100 000 person-years) | Proportion of red RFEs | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rank | Reason for encounter (RFE) | ICPC-2Â or RFE group (G) | N | Â | 95% CI | % | Cumulative % |
1 | Chest pain/symptom/condition | G | 1 413 | 272 | (252 to 292) | 25.3 | 25.3 |
2 | Respiratory symptom/condition | G | 495 | 95 | (83 to 107) | 8.9 | 34.1 |
3 | General symptom | G | 261 | 50 | (42 to 59) | 4.7 | 38.8 |
4 | Coma | A07 | 231 | 44 | (36 to 52) | 4.1 | 42.9 |
5 | Abdominal pain | G | 216 | 42 | (34 to 49) | 3.9 | 46.8 |
6 | Fainting/syncope | A06 | 186 | 36 | (28 to 43) | 3.3 | 50.1 |
7 | Stroke | K90 | 170 | 33 | (26 to 40) | 3.0 | 53.1 |
8 | Trauma/injury | A80 | 163 | 31 | (25 to 38) | 2.9 | 56.1 |
9 | Convulsion/seizure | N07 | 130 | 25 | (19 to 31) | 2.3 | 58.4 |
10 | Alcohol/substance abuse/addiction | G | 111 | 21 | (16 to 27) | 2.0 | 60.4 |
11 | Allergic reaction | A92 | 102 | 20 | (14 to 25) | 1.8 | 62.2 |
12 | Depression | G | 87 | 17 | (12 to 22) | 1.6 | 63.8 |
13 | Head/face symptom/condition | G | 75 | 14 | (10 to 19) | 1.3 | 65.1 |
14 | Fears, concerns and worries | G | 71 | 14 | (9 to 18) | 1.3 | 66.4 |
15 | Paralysis/weakness | N18 | 70 | 13 | (9 to 18) | 1.3 | 67.6 |
16 | Lower limb symptom/injury/condition | G | 68 | 13 | (9 to 17) | 1.2 | 68.8 |
17 | Neck/back symptom/condition | G | 61 | 12 | (8 to 16) | 1.1 | 69.9 |
18 | Poisoning medical agent | A84 | 53 | 10 | (6 to 14) | 0.9 | 70.9 |
19 | Fever | A03 | 50 | 10 | (6 to 13) | 0.9 | 71.8 |
20 | Skin injury | G | 43 | 8 | (5 to 12) | 0.8 | 72.5 |
| Â | Other | Â | 1 075 | 207 | (189 to 224) | 19.2 | 91.8 |
| Â | Unknown | Â | 461 | 89 | (77 to 100) | 8.2 | 100.0 |
| Â | All | Â | 5 592 | 1 075 | (1 035 to 1 114) | 100.0 | 100.0 |