Table 1 Baseline characteristics
From: Age is associated with increased mortality in the RETTS-A triage scale
Characteristic | Age 18–59 years | Age 60–79 years | Age ≥ 80 years | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of patients (% of total n = 639,387) | 58 | 28 | 14 | |
Age (years, median ± STDEV) | 39 ± 12 | 69 ± 5 | 87 ± 5 | |
Gender (% per age strata, women) | 56 | 49 | 60 | < 0.001 |
Prehospital care (% per age strata) | 58 | 55 | 52 | < 0.001 |
ED- Length of stay (minutes, median, IQR) | 202, 168 | 231, 184 | 263, 200 | < 0.001 |
Admitted to hospital (%, per age strata) | 19 | 41 | 51 | < 0.001 |
Triage (%, per age stratum) | ||||
Red | 4 | 7 | 9 | < 0.001 |
Orange | 12 | 19 | 23 | < 0.001 |
Yellow | 38 | 45 | 46 | < 0.001 |
Green | 46 | 29 | 22 | < 0.001 |
Outcomes | ||||
7-day mortality (%, per age strata) | 0.1 | 1 | 3 | < 0.001 |
30-day mortality (%, per age strata) | 0.3 | 3 | 7 | < 0.001 |
7-day mortality (%, per age strata, Red/Green) | 1.3/0.01 | 5.77/0.2 | 11.7/0.6 | < 0.001 |
30-day mortality (%, per age strata, Red/Green) | 2.2/0.06 | 10.5/0.90 | 21.2/2.9 | < 0.001 |