Table 1 Characteristics of patients accessing the Burao General Hospital ED, January-December 2012 (n = 7212)
Characteristics | n (%) |
|---|---|
SATS score | |
Red | 399 (6) |
Orange | 1208 (17) |
Yellow | 2968 (41) |
Green | 2590 (36) |
Blue | 15 (0.2) |
Not recorded | 32 (0.4) |
Morbidities (top 10) | |
No surveillance diagnosis | 2217 (31) |
Trauma (accidental) | 1508 (21) |
Watery diarrhoea | 743 (10) |
Lower respiratory tract infection | 654 (9) |
Trauma (violent) | 551 (8) |
Measles | 277 (4) |
Upper respiratory tract infection | 212 (3) |
Acute abdominal conditions | 205 (3) |
Cardiovascular diseases | 154 (2) |
Asthma/COPD* exacerbation | 110 (2) |
Time interval symptoms-presentation (n = 5017) | |
<12:00 h | 906 (18) |
12:00-23:59 h | 124 (2) |
1-7 days | 2434 (49) |
8 days - 1 month | 990 (20) |
>1 month | 563 (11) |