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Table 1 Patient characteristics and ambulance utilization, n (%) if not otherwise stated

From: Characteristics of non-conveyed patients in emergency medical services (EMS): a one-year prospective descriptive and comparative study in a region of Sweden

  Non-conveyed patients, n = 2691 Malea, n = 1344 Femalea, n = 1317
Age, Median (Q1-Q3) 51 (25–73) 50 (25–72) 53 (26–77)
Age groups
 0–10 years 271 (10) 156 (12) 107 (8)
 11–17 years 115 (4) 52 (4) 57 (4)
 18–30 years 471 (18) 236 (18) 223 (17)
 31–45 years 329 (12) 160 (12) 168 (13)
 46–64 years 492 (18) 261 (19) 228 (17)
 65–80 years 575 (21) 302 (22) 273 (21)
  > 80 years 438 (16) 177 (13) 261 (20)
Day of week
 Monday 390 (15) 202 (15) 185 (14)
 Tuesday 387 (14) 190 (14) 195 (15)
 Wednesday 350 (13) 164 (12) 181 (14)
 Thursday 351 (13) 173 (13) 174 (13)
 Friday 375 (14) 191 (14) 180 (14)
 Saturday 450 (17) 230 (17) 216 (16)
 Sunday 388 (14) 194 (14) 186 (14)
Time of dayb
 00:00–07:59 585 (22) 294 (22) 287 (22)
 08:00–15:59 913 (34) 439 (33) 466 (35)
 16:00–23:59 1167 (43) 594 (44) 555 (42)
  1. P-value < 0.05 between non-conveyed male and female patients.
  2. For > 5 groups, the Bonferroni correction was used, p < 0.007.
  3. Mann-Whitneys U-test: Age. Proportion test: Sex.
  4. Chi-squared test: Age groups, Day of week and Time of day.
  5. aSex missing 30 values, bTime of day missing 26 values