Table 1 Demographic and ED presentation characteristics
Variable | Count | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Total | 8270 | |
Sex | ||
Male | 5204 | 62.9 |
Female | 3065 | 37.1 |
Age (years) | ||
Mean (SDa) | 7.3 | (4.5) |
Season | ||
Winter | 1737 | 21.0 |
Spring | 2137 | 25.8 |
Summer | 1688 | 20.4 |
Fall | 1737 | 32.7 |
Weekend | ||
Weekday | 5708 | 69.0 |
Weekend | 2562 | 31.0 |
Shift | ||
8:01–16:00 | 3367 | 40.7 |
16:01–00:00 | 3622 | 43.8 |
00:01–8:00 | 1281 | 15.5 |
Arrival Mode | ||
Ambulance | 431 | 5.2 |
No ambulance | 7838 | 94.8 |
EDb Type | ||
Rural | 3325 | 40.2 |
Regional | 820 | 9.9 |
Urban | 974 | 11.8 |
Tertiary Care/Academic | 3151 | 38.1 |
Triage Level | ||
1/2 – Resuscitation/Emergent | 3171 | 38.3 |
3 – Urgent | 3163 | 38.2 |
4/5 – Less Urgent/Non-Urgent | 1851 | 22.4 |
Missing | 85 | 1.0 |
PIAc Metric | ||
> 1 h | 4527 | 54.7 |
≤ 1 h | 2862 | 34.6 |
Missing | 881 | 10.7 |
Disposition | ||
Discharged | 7405 | 89.5 |
Admitted | 634 | 7.7 |
Transferred | 231 | 2.8 |