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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients by frailty status

From: Measuring frailty and its association with key outcomes in the ambulance setting: a cross sectional observational study

Characteristic

Unweighted

Weighted

Total (n)

Not frail (CFS < 5) (%)

Frail (CFS ≥ 5) (%)

All

3056

41.3

58.7

Gender

  Female

1748

40.6

59.4

  Male

1308

42.2

57.8

Age

 50–54

120

74.8

25.2

 55–59

144

75.8

24.2

 60–64

209

59.0

41.0

 65–69

236

52.5

47.5

 70–74

326

44.6

55.4

 75–79

422

34.3

65.7

 80–84

557

25.5

74.5

 85–89

549

19.9

80.1

 ≥ 90

493

11.7

88.3

Deprivation

 1 (Most dep.)

1068

40.9

59.1

 2

792

40.3

59.7

 3

467

42.6

57.4

 4

390

44.1

55.9

 5 (Least dep.)

339

40.4

59.6

Rurality

 Urban

2435

40.1

59.9

 Rural

621

47.0

53.0

NEWS2

 < 5

2594

42.8

57.1

 ≥ 5

404

32.1

68.0