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Table 1 Sample description of the use of emergency services. Pelotas, Brazil, 2004

From: Demand for emergency health service: factors associated with inappropriate use

Variables

N

(%)

Age in years (N = 1647)

  

15 – 19

158

9.6

20 – 34

471

28.6

35 – 49

411

25.0

50 – 64

321

19.5

65 or more

286

17.4

Sex (N = 1647)

  

Male

789

47.9

Female

858

52.1

Skin color (N = 1646)

  

White

1264

76.8

Non-white

382

23.2

Marital status (N = 1647)

  

Living without a partner

748

45.4

Living with a partner

899

54.6

Level of education – years of formal education (N = 1643)

  

0

197

12.0

1–4

399

24.3

5–8

660

40.2

9–11

326

19.8

12 or more

61

3.7

Quintiles of an index derived from principal components analyses (N = 1642)

  

1 (poorest)

455

27.7

2

246

15.0

3

303

18.5

4

311

18.9

5 (richest)

327

19.9