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Table 1 Sample selection for analysis

From: The growing impact of older patients in the emergency department: a 5-year retrospective analysis in Brazil

 

ED visits/patient

ED visits, N

(%)

patients, N

(%)

mean

(SD)

median

(min-max)

Eligible sample

1 to 15

333,028

(97.68)

222,062

(99.999)

46.7

(18.6)

45.0

(18–108)

1

166,364

(48.80)

166,364

(74.92)

44.1

(18.2)

41.0

(18–108)

2 to 15

166,664

(48.88)

55,698

(25.08)

49.2

(18.7)

48.0

(18–103)

> 15

7901

(2.32)

325

(0.001)

54.9

(18.3)

55.0

(20–99)

  1. SD Standard Deviation, min-max minimum-maximum. Mean, SD, median and min-max refer to age in years