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Table 2 Level of emergency and main symptom groups

From: Implementing a nationwide criteria-based emergency medical dispatch system: A register-based follow-up study

Main Index Group

All (%)

A (%)

B (%)

C (%)

D (%)

Unclear problem

11,534 (17.1)

3,909 (11.3)

7,396 (23.8)

214 (15.4)

15 (10.8)

Chest pain, heart disease

8,737 (13.0)

7,661 (22.2)

1,018 (3.3)

56 (4,0)

2 (1.5)

Minor wound, fracture, injury

7,373 (11.0)

423 (1.2)

6,494 (20.9)

384 (27.6)

72 (51.8)

Accident (not traffic related)

6, 490 (9.6)

2,116 (6.1)

4,141 (13.3)

210 (15.1)

23 (16.6)

Difficulty in breathing

4,945 (7.3)

3,341 (9.7)

1,433 (4.6)

170 (12.2)

1 (0.7)

Impaired consciousness, paralysis

4,464 (6.6)

4,051 (11.8)

377 (1,2)

35 (2.5)

1 (0.7)

Poisoning, medications, alcohol, drugs

3,962 (5.9)

1,204 (3.5)

2,704 (8.7)

53 (3.8)

1 (0.7)

Seizure

3,420 (5.1)

1,794 (5.2)

1,626 (5,2)

.

.

Traffic accident

3,145 (4.6)

2,373 (6.9)

762 (2,5)

.

10 (7.2)

Stomach or back pain

2,950 (4.4)

659 (1.9)

2,175 (7.0)

115 (8.3)

1 (0.7)

Unconscious adult

2,342 (3.4)

2,339 (6.8)

3 (0.0)

.

.

Bleeding–non traumatic

1,227 (1.8)

689 (2.0)

494 (1.6)

44 (3.2)

.

Diabetes

1,149 (1.7)

594 (1.7)

533 (1.7)

21 (1.5)

1 (0.7)

Psychiatry, suicide

1,017 (1.5)

539 (1.6)

476 (1.5)

2 (0.1)

.

Allergic reaction

758 (1.1)

582 (1.7)

176 (0.6)

.

.

Violence, abuse

522 (0.8)

216 (0.6)

304 (1.0)

1 (0.1)

1 (0,7)

Sick child

476 (0.7)

391 (1.1)

84 (0.3)

1 (0.1)

.

Gynaecology, pregnancy

435 (0.7)

259 (0.8)

142 (0.5)

34 (2.4)

.

Headache

414 (0.6)

384 (1.1)

9 (0.0)

21 (1.5)

.

Ear, nose, throat

278 (0.4)

66 (0.2)

202 (0.7)

10 (0.7)

.

Urinary system

273 (0.4)

12 (0.0)

255 (0.8)

6 (0.4)

.

Fire or electricity injury

248 (0.4)

144 (0.4)

103 (0.3)

1 (0.1)

.

Fever

182 (0.3)

127 (0.4)

55 (0.2)

.

.

Foreign body in airway

145 (0.2)

131 (0.4)

14 (0.0)

.

.

Childbirth

120 (0.2)

96 (0.3)

13 (0.0)

.

11 (7.9)

Possible death or Sudden Infant Death

93 (0.2)

76 (0.2)

16 (0.0)

1 (0.1)

.

Eye

83 (0.2)

37 (0.1)

41 (0.1)

5 (0.4)

.

Unconscious child

82 (0.1)

82 (0.2)

.

.

.

Animal and insect bites

74 (0.1)

57 (0.2)

13 (0.0)

4 (0.3)

.

Hypo- and hyperthermia

64 (0.1)

42 (0.1)

22 (0.1)

.

.

Chemicals and gases

54 (0.1)

32 (0.1)

20 (0.1)

2 (0.1)

.

Drowning

34 (0.1)

30(0.1)

4 (0.0)

.

.

Poisoning in children

27 (0.0)

17 (0.1)

10 (0.0)

.

.

Skin and rash

10 (0.0)

8 (0.0)

1 (0.0)

1 (0.1)

.

Diving accident

5 (0.0)

5 (0.0)

.

.

.

Large scale accident

3 (0.0)

3 (0.0)

.

.

.

All

67,135 (100)

34,489 (100)

31,116 (100)

1,391 (100)

139 (100)

  1. All patients with a valid Danish Index code (67.135) distributed according to main symptom group and level of emergency, as defined by The Danish Index for Emergency Care.