Cases with valid follow-up | One-year mortality | P value* | |||||
All | Non-urgent | Urgent | All % (n) | Non-urgent % (n) | Urgent % (n) | ||
Gender | |||||||
Male | 544 | 158 | 371 | 9.6 (52) | 7.6 (12) | 10.2 (38) | 0.217 |
Female | 501 | 172 | 317 | 10.0 (50) | 8.1 (14) | 10.7 (34) | 0.226 |
Age (years) | |||||||
<65 | 619 | 212 | 391 | 3.9 (24) | 3.3 (7) | 4.1 (16) | 0.405 |
≥65 | 426 | 118 | 297 | 18.3 (78) | 16.1 (19) | 18.9 (56) | 0.306 |
Level of care | |||||||
Not-admitted | 597 | 232 | 356 | 5.4 (36) | 6.5 (15) | 5.9 (21) | 0.454 |
Admitted | 448 | 98 | 332 | 14.7 (66) | 11.2 (11) | 15.4 (51) | 0.196 |
Chief complaint | |||||||
Chest pain | 112 | 20 | 91 | 4.5 (5) | 0 (0) | 5.5 (5) | 0.363 |
Abdominal pain | 127 | 41 | 84 | 6.3 (8) | 9.8 (4) | 4.8 (4) | 0.242 |
Dyspnoea | 112 | 28 | 80 | 20.5 (23) | 14.3 (4) | 21.3 (17) | 0.308 |
Headache | 44 | 14 | 29 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | – |
None of these | 650 | 227 | 404 | 10.2 (66) | 7.9 (18) | 11.4 (46) | 0.106 |
Please note that numbers of non-urgent and urgent cases do not necessarily add up to total numbers as triage category was missing for 30 cases.
*P values refer to a comparison of variables between non-urgent and urgent cases.