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Table 3 Comparison between those with a single ED visit and multiple ED visits

From: Emergency department visits in older patients: a population-based survey

Variable

Single visit n = 2884

Multiple visits

All visits n = 17,769

≥2 visits n = 14,885

≥5 visits/year n = 1400

Gender, female, %

66.8%

68.3%

66.3%

67.7%

Age, median (range)

85y (80-102y)

86y (80-104y)

86y (80-104y)

85 (80-104y)

Octogenarians, %

83.4%

78.3%

79.9%

79.1%

Nonagenarians, %

16.6%

21.7%

20.1%

20.9%

Distribution of diagnoses, %

 Non-specific symptoms

19.0%

20.6%

22.0%

20.3%

 Cardiovascular diseases

14.3%

13.3%

14.4%

13.4%

 Injuries

16.5%

12.2%

1.6%

12.9%

 Genitourinary diseases

5.6%

7.3%

7.3%

7.0%

 Pulmonary diseases

7.1%

6.3%

7.9%

6.4%

 Musculoskeletal diseases

5.3%

4.7%

3.0%

4.8%

 Infectious diseases a

2.6%

3.2%

4.5%

3.1%

 Gastrointestinal diseases

2.7%

3.1%

4.4%

3.1%

 Mental diseases??

1.6%

1.7%

2.1%

1.7%

 Nervous diseases

2.1%

1.5%

2.2%

1.6%

 Miscellaneous

23.2%

26.1%

30.6%

25.7%

  1. a According to ICD-10 classification subclass ‘A00-A99’, which does not include all infectious conditions, e.g. urinary tract related infections classified in subclasses ‘N10, N30 and N39’