Characteristics of patients presenting to four Capital District Health Authority emergency department (EDs) November 2007 to October 2008
| Characteristic | No (%) of patients* |
| n=142433 | |
| Sex | |
| Male | 68131 (47.8) |
| Female | 74302 (52.2) |
| Age in years, median (IQR†) | 43.0 (26.0 to 60.0) |
| Transported by emergency medical services‡ | 18805 (13.2) |
| Site | |
| Tertiary care hospital | 59502 (41.8) |
| Community hospital 1 | 39716 (27.9) |
| Community health centre | 26168 (18.4) |
| Community hospital 2 | 17047 (11.9) |
| CTAS§ triage level | |
| Emergent or urgent | 77187 (54.2% of 142355¶) |
| Less or non-urgent | 65168 (45.8) |
| ED presentation | |
| Emergency presentation | 124375 (95.9% of 129642¶) |
| Direct to consultation | 3,482 (2.7) |
| Return visit—planned | 1357 (1.1) |
| Return visit—unplanned | 428 (0.3) |
| ED disposition | |
| Return to usual place of residence | 113426 (79.7% of 142395¶) |
| Admitted to hospital | 13637 (9.6) |
| Left without full assessment or treatment | 9472 (6.7) |
| Discharge to other hospital | 4316 (3.0) |
| Left against medical advice | 549 (0.4) |
| Deceased | 199 (0.1) |
| Other | 796 (0.5) |
| ICU admission | 612 (0.4) |