| Total | Female | Male | P1 |
---|---|---|---|---|
n = 6652 | n = 3525 | n = 3127 | ||
Age – years (25th,75th percentiles) | ||||
 Median | 66 (42,82) | 69 (42,84) | 64 (42,79) | < 0.001 |
Medical historya – n (%) | ||||
 Diseases of the circulatory system I00-I99 | 6137 (28.6) | 3121 (26.9) | 3016 (30.7) | < 0.001 |
 Mental and behavioural disorders F00-F99 | 3811 (17.8) | 2056 (17.7) | 1755 (17.8) | 0.830 |
 Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases E00-E89 | 1906 (8.9) | 1102 (9.5) | 804 (8.2) | 0.001 |
 Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue M00-M99 | 1449 (6.8) | 1034 (8.9) | 415 (4.2) | < 0.001 |
 Diseases of the digestive system K00-K95 | 1225 (5.7) | 713 (6.1) | 512 (5.2) | 0.003 |
 No medical history | 904 (13.6) | 442 (12.5) | 462 (14.8) | 0.008 |
Dispatcher priority – n (%) (15,18)b |  |  |  | < 0.001 |
 Priority 1 | 3249 (49.1) | 1647 (46.9) | 1602 (51.5) |  |
 Priority 2 | 3071 (46.4) | 1700 (48.4) | 1371 (44.1) |  |
 Priority 3 | 299 (4.5) | 163 (4.6) | 136 (4.4) |  |
Dispatch medical indexc – n (%) (12,19)b | ||||
 Chest pain/cardiac disease | 991 (15.0) | 514 (14.6) | 477 (15.3) | 0.427 |
 Extremity/wound minor trauma | 804 (12.1) | 448 (12.8) | 356 (11.5) | 0.113 |
 Uncertain information/suspicion of severe illness | 726 (11.0) | 341 (9.7) | 385 (12.4) | 0.001 |
 Respiratory difficulties | 708 (10.7) | 412 (11.7) | 296 (9.5) | 0.004 |
 Abdominal/urinary tract symptoms | 704 (10.6) | 306 (11.3) | 308 (9.9) | 0.079 |
EMS contact on multiple occasionsd – n (%) |  |  |  | 0.580 |
 One occasion | 5450 (91.0) | 2873 (90.8) | 2577 (91.3) |  |
 Two occasions | 422 (7.0) | 230 (7.3) | 192 (6.7) |  |
 Three occasions | 75 (1.3) | 39 (1.2) | 36 (1.3) |  |
 Four or more occasions | 40 (0.7) | 21 (0.7) | 19 (0.7) |  |
Initial assessment of level of care – n (%) | ||||
 Hospital | 5340 (80.3) | 2763 (78.4) | 2577 (82.4) | < 0.001 |
  Emergency department | 4920 (92.1) | 2526 (91.4) | 2394 (92.9) | 0.045 |
  Bypass emergency departmente | 420 (7.9) | 237 (8.6) | 183 (7.1) |  |
 Referral to primary care | 143 (2.1) | 82 (2.3) | 61 (2.0) | 0.310 |
 Stay on scene with increased social/home care | 100 (1.5) | 56 (1.6) | 44 (1.4) | 0.614 |
 Stay on scene with advice on self-care/medication | 1069 (16.1) | 624 (17.7) | 445 (14.2) | < 0.001 |
Mode of transport for patients initially assessed to hospital – n (%) |  |  |  | 0.020 |
 Ambulance | 4979 (93.2) | 2555 (92.5) | 2424 (94.1) |  |
 Patient transport | 141 (2.6) | 77 (2.8) | 64 (2.5) |  |
 Seated transport | 159 (3.0) | 94 (3.4) | 65 (2.5) |  |
 Police | 20 (0.4) | 17 (0.6) | 3 (0.1) |  |
 Own transportation | 41 (0.8) | 20 (0.7) | 21 (0.8) |  |