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Table 1 Characteristics of the population having requested PEMS intervention between 2001–2010 (numbers and percentages)

From: Trends of pre-hospital emergency medical services activity over 10 years: a population-based registry analysis

Variables

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

Primary interventions

21722

21753

23225

23510

24630

25048

26170

27376

27603

28697

Nb/1000 inhabitants

34

34

36

35

37

37

38

39

38

39

SMUR interventions

5865

6431

7230

6634

6724

6611

6452

6024

6090

6453

Nb/1000 inhabitants

9

10

11

10

10

10

9

8

8

9

Age (years)

          

<16

1394 (6.6)

1383 (6.5)

1322 (5.9)

1218 (5.4)

1274 (5.4)

1308 (5.4)

1353 (5.3)

1340 (5.1)

1635 (6.1)

1565 (5.6)

17-49

7108 (33.5)

7162 (33.8)

7591 (33.6)

7625 (33.5)

7828 (32.9)

7877 (32.5)

8293 (32.7)

8357 (31.5)

8475 (31.7)

8547 (30.9)

50-79

7635 (36.0)

7474 (35.2)

7650 (33.8)

7636 (33.9)

7994 (33.6)

8139 (33.4)

8571 (33.6)

9032 (34.0)

9303 (34.7)

9653 (34.6)

> = 80

5076 (23.9)

5179 (24.4)

6047 (26.7)

6281 (27.6)

6706 (28.2)

6972 (28.7)

7202 (28.3)

7807 (29.4)

7359 (27.5)

8039 (28.9)

Male gender

10460 (49.4)

10603 (50.0)

11344 (50.2)

11331 (49.8)

11540 (48.5)

12053 (49.6)

12522 (49.3)

13015 (49.1)

13317 (49.8)

13742 (49.4)

NACA Score**

          

<4

  

18735 (82.8)

19220 (84.5)

19851 (83.4)

20344 (83.8)

21118 (83.1)

22229 (83.8)

22490 (84.0)

23469 (84.4)

4-6

  

3429 (15.2)

3108 (13.7)

3485 (14.6)

3487 (14.4)

3853 (15.2)

3853 (14.5)

3786 (14.1)

3877 (13.9)

7

  

470 (2.1)

437 (1.9)

468 (2.0)

465 (1.9)

451 (1.8)

457 (1.7)

498 (1.9)

460 (1.7)

  1. PEMS: prehospital emergency medical services; SMUR: emergency physicians sent simultaneously onsite;
  2. **The NACA Score is divided into 7 categories: NACA 0 (no injury), 1 (slight injury, no medical intervention required), 2 (light-to-moderately heavy injury, ambulatory medical clarification necessary), 3 (heavy, but not life-threatening injury or illness, stationary treatment necessary, and frequently also local emergency medical measures), 4 (heavy injury, for which the short-term development of a life threat cannot be excluded), 5 (acute lethal danger), 6 (resuscitation), 7 (death).