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2012
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Research Article
Demographic Changes and Their Implications in a Nonacademic Emergency Department in Switzerland: An 11-Year Trend Analysis (2000–2010) of 104,510 Patients
Table 1
Cause of hospitalization regarding the patients’ age and sex.
Sex
Cause of hospitalization
<65 years % (number of cases)
≥65 years % (number of cases)
P
value
Male
Illness
55.1 (11761)
44.9 (9588)
Accident
79.6 (6623)
20.4 (1701)
Other
54.1 (40)
45.9 (34)
All
61.9 (18424)
38.1 (11323)
P
< 0.01
Female
Illness
50.0 (8157)
50.0 (8171)
Accident
56.1 (3544)
43.9 (2770)
Other
43.4 (23)
56.6 (30)
All
51.7 (11742)
48.3 (10971)
P
< 0.01