A two-year review of adult emergency department mortality at Tikur Anbesa specialized tertiary hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Table 1 Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of patients who died within 72 h of ED presentation from March 2018 to 2020 TASTH Addis Ababa; Ethiopia

Variables		Length of stay in ED before death				Total sample (N = 506)
		0–24 h (N = 274)		> 24–72 h (N = 232)		Total sample (N = 506)
		N	%	N	%	N	%
Sex	Male	153	55.8	114	49	267	52.8
Sex	Female	121	44.2	118	50.9	239	47.2
Age	13–24	42	15	34	14.7	76	15
	25–54	148	54	119	51.3	267	52.8
	55–64	44	16	40	17	84	16.6
	≥65	40	14.6	39	16.8	79	15.6
Residence	Addis Ababa	107	39	100	43	207	40.9
	Oromia	84	30.6	87	37.5	171	33.8
	Amhara	40	14.6	21	9	61	12
	Tigray	6	2.2	5	2.2	11	2.2
	Others	37	13.5	19	8.2	56	11
Source of referral	Public hospital	69	25.2	67	28.9	136	26.9
	Private hospital	3	1	9	3.9	12	2.4
	Private clinic	6	2.2	7	3	13	2.6
	Health center	7	2.6	5	2.2	12	2.3
	Self	156	56.9	102	44	258	51
	ROPD	30	10.9	40	17	70	13.8
	Others	3	1.1	2	0.9	6	1
Mode of transportation	Ambulance	63	23	46	20	109	21.5
	Taxi	135	49.3	138	59.5	273	54
	Public transport	8	2.9	4	1.7	12	2.3
	Private car	34	12.4	19	8.2	53	10.5
	Walk-in/ carried	34	12.4	25	10.8	59	11.7
Previous ED visit within last 30 days	no ED Visits	226	82.5	209	90.1	435	86
	1	42	15	21	9	63	12.4
	2	6	2.2	2	0.9	8	1.6
Major cause of death	Traumatic	20	7.3	17	7.3	37	7.3
Major cause of death	Non-traumatic	254	92.7	215	92.7	469	92.7
Triage category	Red	153	55.8	72	31	225	44.5
	Orange	78	28.5	104	45	182	36
	Yellow	29	10.6	38	16.3	67	13.2
	Green	14	5	18	7.7	32	6.4
Investigations	None	56	20.4	23	9.9	79	15.6
	Laboratory	167	61	144	62	311	61.5
	Imaging	15	5.5	16	6.9	31	6.1
	Laboratory and imaging	36	13	49	21	85	16.8
Duration of the symptom	< 4 h	32	11.7	17	7.3	49	9.7
	4–24 h	89	32.5	39	16.8	128	25.3
	25–48 h	40	14.6	41	17.7	81	16.
	> 48 h-1 week	60	21.9	74	31.9	134	26.5
	> 1 week	53	19.3	61	26.3	114	22.5
Time of death	Day time	145	52.9	119	51.3	264	52.2
Time of death	Night time	129	47.1	113	48.7	242	47.8

Note Others: residence: Dire Dawa, Afar, SNNPRs (South Nation Nationalities Peoples Republic)
source of referral: police hospitals, private hospital

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