Table 2 Number of ambulance missions in 2018, 2019, 2020 according to different age groups and severity scores. Some missions were undocumented regarding age, leading to missing values (NA = 28, 38, 20 in resp. 2018, 2019, 2020)
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Age groups | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Nonurgent | Urgent | Total | Nonurgent | Urgent | Total | Nonurgent | Urgent | |
0–16 | 2160 (6,14%) | 1968 (6,4%) | 192 (4,2%) | 2153 (6,01%) | 1978 (6,3%) | 175 (3,9%) | 1867 (5,18%) | 1708 (5,5%) | 159 (3,3%) |
17–64 | 15,193 (43,22) | 13,454 (43,9%) | 1739 (38,4%) | 15,264 (42,58%) | 13,604 (43,9%) | 1660 (36.8%) | 15,082 (41,82%) | 13,360 (42,7%) | 1722 (35,8%) |
65 + | 17,803 (50,64%) | 15,211 (49,7%) | 2592 (57,3%) | 18,428 (51,41%) | 15,753 (50,3%) | 2675 (59,3%) | 19,115 (53,00%) | 16,186 (51,8%) | 2929 (60,9%) |
Total | 35,156 | 30,633 (87,1%) | 4523 (12,9%) | 35,845 | 31,335 (87,4%) | 4510 (12,6%) | 36,064 | 31,254 (86,7%) | 4810 (13,3%) |