Table 3 Demographic data regarding gender, mean age, medical condition, and destination categorized into three groups
Bergen | Rural OOH district | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
HEMS | HEMS | OOH | ||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Gender | ||||||
Female | 96 | 34.4 | 10 | 33.3 | 209 | 42.4 |
Male | 183 | 65.6 | 20 | 66.7 | 273 | 55.4 |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2.2 |
Total | 279 | 30 | 100.0 | 493 | ||
Age | Median | IQR | Median | IQR | Median | IQR |
Female | 53.0 | 27–70 | 47.0 | 12–51 | 54.0 | 33–77 |
Male | 51.0 | 29–70 | 57.0 | 32–71 | 59.0 | 34–74 |
Total | 51.0 | 29–70 | 50.0 | 27–62 | 58.0 | 34–75 |
Medical condition | n | % | n | % | n | % |
Cardiac arrest | 78 | 28.0 | 7 | 23.3 | 17 | 3.4 |
Trauma | 82 | 29.4 | 10 | 33.3 | 83 | 16.8 |
Breathing difficulties | 15 | 5.4 | 1 | 3.3 | 45 | 9.1 |
Chest pain | 5 | 1.8 | 2 | 6.6 | 104 | 21.1 |
Stroke | 3 | 1.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 51 | 10.3 |
Acute neurology, e.g. stroke | 28 | 10.0 | 3 | 10.0 | 60 | 12.2 |
Psychiatry, including intoxication | 12 | 4.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 43 | 8.7 |
Obstetrics and childbirth | 7 | 2.5 | 2 | 6.6 | 10 | 2.0 |
Infection | 15 | 5.4 | 1 | 3.3 | 26 | 5.3 |
Other | 30 | 10.8 | 1 | 3.3 | 49 | 9.9 |
Missing | 4 | 1.4 | 1 | 3.3 | 5 | 1.0 |
279 | 100.0 | 30 | 100.0 | 493 | 100.0 | |
Destination | n | % | n | % | n | % |
Treated on site | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 65 | 13.2 |
Dead on site | 43 | 15.4 | 7 | 23.3 | 17 | 3.4 |
Casualty clinic | 27 | 9.7 | 3 | 10.0 | 42 | 8.5 |
Hospital | 207 | 74.2 | 20 | 66.7 | 329 | 66.7 |
Other | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 1.2 |
Missing | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 34 | 6.9 |
279 | 100.0 | 30 | 100.0 | 493 | 100.0 | |