From: Emergency department visits in older patients: a population-based survey
Variable | Single visit n = 2884 | Multiple visits | All visits n = 17,769 | |
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≥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% |