Demographic Analysis of Emergency Department Patients at the Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai

Table 1

Demographic description of patients reporting to the Triage Desk.

	Total population		Patients with one; complaint
	𝑁=2183	%	𝑁=1651	%
Gender
Male	985	45.1	734	44.5
Female	1184	54.2	906	54.9
Unknown	14	0.6	11	0.7
Race
Asian	2075	95.1	1559	94.4
Non-Asian	11	0.5	10	0.6
Unknown	97	4.4	82	5.0
Transport
Ambulance	95	4.4	72	4.4
Self-referral	2088	95.6	1579	95.6
Complaints
Headache	164	7.5	86	5.2
Vertigo/dizziness	236	10.8	199	12.1
Earache or ear infection	17	0.8	13	0.8
Throat symptoms	67	3.1	31	1.9
Chest pain	154	7.1	140	8.5
Shortness of breath	76	3.5	24	1.5
Cough	219	10.0	87	5.3
Stomach and abdominal pain	324	14.8	256	15.5
Urologic	128	5.9	74	4.5
Gynecologic symptoms	19	0.9	12	0.7
Spine	21	1.0	12	0.7
Upper extremity	55	2.5	18	1.1
Lower extremity	129	5.9	74	4.5
Skin	112	5.1	101	6.1
DM related	4	0.2	4	0.2
Fever	338	15.5	205	12.4
Trauma	164	7.5	72	4.4
Blood transfusion	39	1.8	34	2.1
Intoxication	8	0.4	5	0.3
Other	181	8.3	141	8.5
Unknown	90	4.1	63	3.8
Specialist
Neurosurgeon	40	1.8	31	1.9
Neurologist	299	13.7	264	16.0
Ear-nose-throat specialist	52	2.4	42	2.5
Ophthalmologist	23	1.1	21	1.3
Dentist	16	0.7	14	0.8
Pulmonologist	239	10.9	106	6.4
General surgeon	197	9.0	154	9.3
Urologist	79	3.6	54	3.3
Obstetrist/gynecologist	25	1.1	18	1.1
Orthopedic surgeon	187	8.6	114	6.9
Internist	902	41.3	713	43.2
Dermatologist	104	4.8	96	5.8
Unknown	43	1.9	36	2.2

Data are shown as numbers with percentages. On the right-hand side, data are given for patients reporting to the ED with only one complaint.