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Table 2 ED visit demographic data

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

 

ED visits N

(%)

mean age

(SD)

median age

(min-max)

2009

71,833

(21.6)

45.2

(18.5)

43

(18–103)

2010

68,386

(20.5)

46.1

(18.3)

44

(18–104)

2011

70,715

(21.2)

46.8

(18.3)

46

(18–101)

2012

76,224

(22.9)

47.4

(18.6)

47

(18–108)

2013

45,870

(13.8)

48.4

(19.4)

47

(18–107)

Total

333,028

(100.0)

467

(186)

45

(18–108)

Women

181,884

(54.6)

46.5

(18.6)

45

(18–108)

Men

151,144

(45.4)

46.9

(18.5)

46

(18–102)

young adults

135,763

(40.8)

28.4

(6.1)

28

(18–39)

adults

108,830

(32.7)

49.5

(5.7)

50

(40–59)

young-older adults

71,602

(21.5)

68.2

(5.6)

68

(60–79)

old-older adults

16,833

(5.1)

84.7

(4.1)

84

(80–108)

  1. Percentages are out of the total number of eligible ED visits, or total number of admissions, after exclusions. SD Standard Deviation, min-max minimum-maximum. Mean, SD, median and min-max refer to age in years