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