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Table 4 Complaining as a reaction to self-experienced adverse events

From: Doctors are to blame for perceived medical adverse events. A cross sectional population study. The Tromsø study

 

Number of persons n

Complaining considered n (%)

Complained orally n (%)

Complained in writing n (%)

Age (years)

Men

Women

Men

Women

Men

Women

Men

Women

30-49

137

191

61 (44.5)

81 (42.4)

31 (22.6)

46 (24.1)

7 (5.1)

24 (12.6)

50-69

275

288

108 (39.3)

112 (38.9)

88 (32.0)

84 (29.2)

25 (9.1)

43 (14.9)

70-87

100

125

45 (45.0)

51 (40.8)

21 (21.0)

39 (31.2)

6 (6.0)

17 (13.6)

Total

512

604

214 (41.8)

244 (40.4)

140 (27.3)

169 (28.0)

38 (7.4)

84 (13.9)

  1. Data from 1116 persons by sex and age.