Rural area (n = 371) | Urban area (n = 767) | p,value | Number of missing data | |
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OHCA incidence/100,000/ year (adjusted rate) | 49 (52) | 47 (56) | 0.45 | |
Survival to hospital discharge, n (%) | 55 (14.8) | 159 (20.7) | 0.021 | 0 |
Median patient age in years, (IQR) | 69 (56–80) | 70 (58–81) | 0.31 | 1 |
Median EMS response time in minutes, (IQR) | 11 (7–16) | 9 (7–12) | < 0.001 | 0 |
Male gender, n (%) | 263 (71) | 522 (68) | 0.37 | 0 |
Attended by EMS physician, n (%) | 308 (83) | 658 (86) | 0.20 | 3 |
Shockable rhythm, n (%) | 129 (36) | 310 (41) | 0.11 | 26 |
Prehospital ROSC, n (%) | 111 (30) | 286 (37) | 0.017 | 0 |
Witnessed OHCA, n (%) | 258 (70) | 528 (70) | 0.75 | 14 |
Bystander CPR, n (%) | 267 (73) | 537 (71) | 0.39 | 11 |
Cardiac arrest location home, n (%) | 229 (62) | 508 (66) | 0.17 | 1 |
Survival to hospital discharge in bystander witnessed OHCA with shockable first rhythm | 43 (41) | 132 (50) | 0.14 | 0 |