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Table 1 Characteristics of ambulance used patients in Addis Ababa stratified by type of illness

From: Epidemiology of ambulance utilized patients in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Patient characteristic

Number of patients with injury

Percentage

Number of patients with disease

Percentage

Number of patients with pregnancy related condition

Percentage

Total

Age of the patients in years

 0–1

0

0

32

100

NA

NA

32

 2–5

2

12.5

14

87.5

NA

NA

16

 6–15

5

31.3

11

68.8

NA

NA

16

 16–30

62

10.6

88

15.1

433

74.3

583

 31–50

22

18.6

37

31.4

59

50.0

118

 > 50

8

22.2

28

77.8

0

.0

36

Sex

 Male

77

39.3

119

60.7

NA

NA

196

 Female

22

3.6

91

15.0

492

81.3

605

Scene location

 Health facility

80

11.4

176

25.1

446

63.5

702

 Home

3

5.3

11

19.3

43

75.4

57

 Industry

1

11.1

7

77.8

1

11.1

9

 Road

13

46.4

14

50.0

1

3.6

28

 Work place

0

0

2

66.7

1

33.3

3

 Other

2

100

0

.0

0

0.0

2

Minutesfrom dispatch to scene location

 0–9

57

11.7

139

28.5

291

59.8

487

 10–19

23

10.3

48

21.6

151

68.0

222

 20–39

16

18.8

23

27.1

46

54.1

85

 > −40

3

42.8

0

0.0

4

57.1

7

Minutes from scene to destination

 0–9

13

7.5

51

29.3

110

63.2

174

 10–19

40

12.8

61

19.6

211

67.63

312

 20–39

39

15.5

73

28.9

140

55.6

252

 > 40

6

22.2

13

48.2

8

29.6

27

Receiving health institute

 Public hospital

84

11.6

184

25.3

458

63.1

726

 Public health center

15

20.0

26

34.7

34

45.3

75

  1. NA not applicable