Table 1 Patient characteristics stratified by analgesic administration (any)
From: Influence of patient race on administration of analgesia by student paramedics
Variable | All patients | Analgesic | No analgesic | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of patients, n (row %) | 59,915 | 8424 (14.06) | 51,491 (85.94) | |
Age, median (IQR) | 50 (39) | |||
Sex | ||||
Male, n (col %) | 29,780 (49.70) | 4168 (49.51) | 25,612 (49.83) | 0.593 |
Female, n (col %) | 30,040 (50.14) | 4250 (50.49) | 25,790 (50.17) | |
Missing, n (col %) | 95 (0.16) | |||
Initial pain severity score, median (IQR) | 7 (4) | |||
Ethnicity | 0.000 | |||
African American, n (col %) | 6385 (10.66) | 662 (11.27) | 5723 (16.08) | |
Asian, n (col %) | 597 (1) | 68 (1.16) | 529 (1.49) | |
Caucasian, n (col %) | 29,281 (48.87) | 4449 (75.73) | 24,832 (69.79) | |
Hispanic, n (col %) | 3959 (6.61) | 534 (9.09) | 3425 (9.79) | |
Native American, n (col %) | 311 (0.52) | 39 (0.66) | 272 (0.76) | |
Other, n (col %) | 538 (0.90) | 68 (1.16) | 470 (1.32) | |
Unspecified, n (col %) | 385 (0.64) | 55 (0.94) | 330 (0.93) | |
Missing, n (col %) | 18,459 (30.81) | |||
Pain score category | 0.000 | |||
Mild, n (col %) | 8875 (14.8) | 495 (10) | 8380 (39.3) | |
Moderate, n (col %) | 11,563 (19.3) | 2282 (46.2) | 9281 (43.5) | |
Severe, n (col %) | 5834 (9.7) | 2164 (43.8) | 3670 (17.2) | |
Missing, n (col %) | 33,643 (56.2) | |||
Age category (years) | 0.000 | |||
16–40, n (col %) | 23,408 (39.07) | 2972 (35.28) | 20,436 (39.69) | |
41–60, n (col %) | 15,646 (26.11) | 2339 (27.77) | 13,307 (25.84) | |
61–80, n (col %) | 13,035 (21.76) | 1966 (23.34) | 11,069 (21.50) | |
81–100, n (col %) | 7826 (13.06) | 1147 (13.62) | 6679 (12.97) | |
Cause of injury | 0.000 | |||
Fall, n (col %) | 26,009 (43.41) | 4672 (64.24) | 21,337 (47.91) | |
Family violence, n (col %) | 1339 (2.23) | 81 (1.11) | 1258 (2.82) | |
Firearm, n (col %) | 909 (1.52) | 133 (1.83) | 776 (1.74) | |
Stabbing/cutting, n (col %) | 2718 (4.54) | 147 (2.02) | 2571 (5.77) | |
Environmental, n (col %) | 273 (0.46) | 33 (0.45) | 240 (0.54) | |
Transport, n (col %) | 17,629 (29.42) | 1755 (24.13) | 15,874 (35.65) | |
Toxicological, n (col %) | 119 (0.2) | 7 (0.1) | 112 (0.25) | |
Trauma other, n (col %) | 2810 (4.69) | 445 (6.11) | 2365 (5.31) | |
Missing, n (col %) | 8109 (13.53) | |||