Table 4

Urgent outcome by age of patient and symptom classification

Symptom	0–4				5–19				20–29				30–39				40–59				60+
	Total (N)	Percentage of REF	R	Sig	Total (N)	Percentage of REF	R	Sig	Total (N)	Percentage of REF	R	Sig	Total (N)	Percentage of REF	R	Sig	Total (N)	Percentage of REF	R		Total (N)	Percentage of REF	R
Pain	744	2.9	−98.1	*******	3300	29.2	7.2	*******	5784	35.9	30.0	*******	4222	36.5	26.4	*******	6444	38.6	26.4	*******	5352	31.3	16.2	*******
Digestive	1306	5.2	−0.5	*******	379	3.3	−9.6	*******	857	5.3	.5	NS	562	4.9	−1.9	NS	861	5.2	−0.5	NS	1165	6.8	10.3	*******
Respiratory Tract	3269	12.9	26.9	*******	1070	9.5	2.6	*	843	5.2	−17.5	*******	618	5.3	−14.0	*******	987	5.9	−14.5	*******	1848	10.8	10.2	*******
Wounds and injuries	2872	11.4	−8.0	*******	2315	20.5	25.9	*******	2133	13.2	1.8	NS	1566	13.5	2.5	**	2007	12.0	−3.3	*******	1661	9.7	−13.3	*******
Sensation disorders	138	0.5	−33.3	*******	263	2.3	−8.8	*******	718	4.5	2.2	NS	608	5.3	6.4	*******	1062	6.4	15.8	*******	1271	7.4	23.8	*******
Urogenital Disorders	5	0.0	−27.8	*******	145	1.3	−8.2	*******	566	3.5	11.6	*******	366	3.2	6.9	*******	430	2.6	3.0	**	708	4.1	18.2	*******
Medicine enquiries	29	0.1	−17.3	*******	64	0.6	−7.2	*******	113	0.7	−5.2	*******	115	1.0	−1.0	NS	268	1.6	7.1	*******	479	2.8	23.8	*******
Dental Problems	88	0.3	−18.4	*******	161	1.6	0.3	NS	444	2.8	12.8	*******	308	2.7	9.7	*******	393	2.4	8.6	*******	152	0.9	−8.1	*******
Mental health	7	0.0	−42.2	*******	355	3.1	−8.2	*******	1006	6.2	7.7	*******	882	7.6	13.6	*******	1384	8.3	21.1	*******	1298	7.6	16.9	*******
Poisoning and overdose	1295	5.1	−1.3	NS	1146	10.1	27.1	*******	995	6.2	5.5	**	575	5.0	−1.6	*******	714	4.3	−6.4	*******	453	2.7	−16.9	*******
Skin/hair/nails	100	0.4	−9.8	*******	94	0.8	−2.7	**	205	1.3	5.6	NS	150	1.3	4.9	*******	222	1.3	6.1	*******	106	0.6	−4.2	*******
Diabetes	3	0.0	−12.7	*******	29	0.3	−3.6	*******	29	0.2	−6.3	*******	59	0.5	0.2	NS	133	0.8	6.1	*******	234	1.4	17.9	*******
Body temp change	1307	5.2	25.2	*******	533	4.7	12.8	*******	271	1.7	−10.0	*******	177	1.5	−9.2	*******	231	1.4	−12.7	*******	307	1.8	−9.3	*******
Heart disorders	2	0.0	−26.7	*******	109	1.0	−7.8	*******	383	2.4	3.1	*******	278	2.4	2.8	**	547	3.3	12.1	*******	703	4.1	20.8	*******
Muscular disorders	19	0.1	−18.0	*******	114	1.0	−2.5	*	147	0.9	−2.3	*******	122	1.1	−0.3	NS	268	1.6	7.1	*******	394	2.3	17.0	*******
Falls	1	0.0	−7.0	*******	5	0.0	−2.9	**	4	0.0	−4.5	*******	12	0.1	−1.4	NS	13	0.1	−2.7	*	114	0.7	19.0	*******
Fatigue	0	0.0	−4.1	*******	0	0.0	−3.3	*******	1	0.0	−2.7	**	1	0.0	−2.1	*	10	0.1	0.7	NS	36	0.2	10.5	*******
Sleep problems	3125	12.4	92.1	*******	166	1.5	−14.7	*******	1	0.0	−25.9	*******	1	0.0	−21.3	*******	3	0.0	−26.3	*******	3	0.0	−26.7	*******
Lumps	44	0.2	−1.0	*******	12	0.1	−2.3	*	38	0.2	1.2	*******	33	0.3	2.3	*******	41	0.2	1.5	NS	26	0.2	−1.5	NS
Neurological disorders	128	0.5	−7.9	*******	128	1.1	6.6	*******	186	1.2	3.5	*	102	0.9	−0.4	NS	142	0.9	−0.9	NS	208	1.2	4.6	*******
Pregnancy	0	0.0	−22.1	*******	146	1.3	0.6	NS	754	4.7	38.5	*******	419	3.6	21.5	*******	64	0.4	−12.4	*******	0	0.0	−17.2	*******
Colds and Flu	2147	8.5	29.0	*******	755	6.7	12.1	*******	636	3.9	−7.0	*******	385	3.3	−9.0	*******	470	2.8	−14.5	*******	562	3.3	−11.6	*******
Crying	8641	34.2	165.1	*******	6	0.1	−35.3	*******	0	0.0	−43.2	*******	0	0.0	−35.6	*******	0	0.0	−44.1	*******	0	0.0	−44.7	*******
Total	25 271	100			11 315	100			16 114	100			11 561	100			16 694	100			17 080	100

*p<0.05; **p<0.01; ***p<0.001; NS, not significant at p>0.05.