Patients Refusing Prehospital Transport Are Increasingly Likely to Be Geriatric

Table 1

Characteristics of patients refusing transport.

	Period 1	Period 2	Total
Number of refusals	10622	11725	22347
Male	4832	5227	10059
Female	5555	6293	11848
Race
Asian/PI	105	115	220
Black	2106	2249	4355
Native Amer	201	232	433
Other	143	108	251
White	6909	7971	14880
Age ≥65 yo	2,104	2619	4723
Treatment prior to transport refusal	1404	1391	2795