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Table 1 Patients referred to Cochin Hospital and Hôtel-Dieu Hospital emergency departments during the three year follow-up period

From: How emergency departments might alert for prehospital heat-related excess mortality?

 

1 May-30 September

3 August-19 August

 

2001

2002

2003

2001

2002

2003

Number of patients

31,600

33,196

34,973

3,297

3,580

3,851

Age, mean (standard deviation) (years)

41.2 (18.9)

41.0 (18.6)

40.7 (18.9)

41.0 (18.3)

41.0 (18.8)

43.5 (21.1)

Male, n (%)

17,854 (56.5)

19,287 (58.1)

19,970 (57.1)

1,840 (55.8)

2,158 (60.3)

2,140 (56.1)

Emergency department self-referral, n (%)

19,086 (60.4)

20,714 (62.4)

22,628 (64.7)

2,163 (65.6)

2,334 (65.2)

2,418 (62.8)

Triage level, n (%)

      

   Level 1

1,138 (3.6)

1,029 (3.1)

1,714 (4.9)

96 (2.9)

100 (2.8)

245 (6.4)

   Level 2

9,037 (28.6)

10,490 (31.6)

11,402 (32.6)

788 (23.9)

1,078 (30.1)

1,240 (32.2)

   Level 3

18,360 (58.1)

18,158 (54.7)

17,311 (49.5)

1,951 (59.2)

1,887 (52.7)

1,878 (48.8)

   Level 4

3,065 (9.7)

3,519 (10.6)

4,546 (13)

465 (14.1)

516 (14.4)

488 (12.7)

Trauma, n (%)

11,092 (35.1)

10,855 (32.7)

10,492 (30)

1,048 (31.8)

1,049 (29.3)

974 (25.3)

Deceased at the emergency department, n

19

35

41

4

7

18