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Table 2 Basic characteristics of the emergency call data sample from 2018 to 2021

From: Increasing emergency number utilisation is not driven by low-acuity calls: an observational study of 1.5 million emergency calls (2018–2021) from Berlin

Variable

Year

Missing data

2018

2019

2020

2021

Total (2018–2021)

Total (2018–2021)

n

394,736

405,277

414,435

430,674

1,645,122

207,193 (12.6%)a

Age (mean [SD])

53.0 [26.0]

53.9 [25.3]

54.8 [25.0]

54.5 [25.5]

54.1 [25.5]

74,585 (4.5%)

Gender

 

22,102 (1.3%)

Female

47.3%

47.0%

46.6%

47.2%

47.0%

 

Male

51.4%

51.8%

52.1%

51.3%

51.6%

 

NA

1.3%

1.3%

1.3%

1.5%

1.3%

 

Weekday (mean [SD])

4 [2]

4 [2]

4 [2]

4 [2]

4 [2]

0

Hour (mean [SD])

12.7 [6.3]

12.8 [6.3]

12.9 [6.2]

12.8 [6.3]

12.8 [6.3]

0

MPDS protocol

     

0

MPDS category

     

157,055 (9.5%)

District

 

15 (< 0.1%)

Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf

9.5%

9.5%

9.1%

9.0%

9.2%

 

Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg

7.9%

8.1%

7.5%

7.4%

7.7%

 

Lichtenberg

7.7%

7.9%

8.1%

8.2%

8.0%

 

Marzahn-Hellersdorf

7.1%

6.9%

7.2%

7.4%

7.1%

 

Mitte

12.7%

12.5%

12.0%

12.1%

12.3%

 

Neukölln

9.2%

9.0%

9.3%

9.0%

9.1%

 

Pankow

8.6%

8.7%

8.8%

9.0%

8.8%

 

Reinickendorf

7.4%

7.4%

7.5%

7.6%

7.5%

 

Spandau

7.0%

6.9%

7.1%

6.9%

7.0%

 

Steglitz-Zehlendorf

6.6%

6.8%

6.9%

7.1%

6.9%

 

Tempelhof-Schöneberg

8.8%

8.8%

8.8%

8.7%

8.7%

 

Treptow-Köpenick

7.4%

7.4%

7.6%

7.6%

7.5%

 
  1. The MPDS suffix was not used for any analyses and is therefore not included in the table
  2. a Missing data of at least one of the variables presented in the table