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Table 4 Summary of cases in every group triaged using ABCD approach

From: ABCD approach at the #7119 center, telephone triage system in Tokyo, Japan; a retrospective cohort study

Group

ABC

ABD

ACD

BCD

ABCD

Total

Total number

36

48

37

345

33

13,793

Age (median)

1–92(32)

0–99(51)

0–83(29)

0–104(24)

0–93(5)

0–104(39)

Gender (male: %)

18(50)

28(58.4)

21(56.8)

157(45.6)

17(51.6)

6354(46.1)

Outcome (%)

  Mild

26 (68)

20 (40)

21 (51)

210 (57)

16 (47)

9,418 (66)

  Moderate

7 (18)

22 (44)

10 (24)

109 (30)

10 (29)

4,038 (28)

  Severe

2 (5.3)

3 (6.0)

4 (9.8)

16 (4.4)

4 (12)

250 (1.7)

  Lethal

1 (2.6)

3 (6.0)

1 (2.4)

9 (2.5)

2 (5.9)

79 (0.6)

  Dead

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (2.4)

1 (0.3)

1 (2.9)

8 (0.1)

  The cases with severity: proportion (%)a

10 (28)

28 (58)

16 (43)

135 (39)

17 (52)

4375 (32)

  Expected value

11

15

12

109

10

-

  Standardized residual

0.4

-3.3

-1.2

-2.4

-2.0

-

  P value of residual analysis

0.611

 < 0.001

0.131

0.003

0.014

-

  1. aThe cases with severity were defined as moderate, severe, lethal and dead those, and the proportion of the cases with severity was calculated using the formula: (amount from moderate, severe, lethal and dead ceases) / (amount of total cases)