Table 1

Demographic breakdown of pre-hospital emergency cases services from April to December 2007.

Emergency cases (n = 21,211)

Category

No of users (%)

Monthly users per 1,000

Age Group

0--4

841 (4.0)

2.77

5--9

346 (1.6)

1.04

10--14

322 (1.5)

0.92

15--19

733 (3.5)

1.79

20--24

954 (4.5)

2.20

25--29

872 (4.1)

1.86

30--34

876 (4.1)

1.63

35--39

874 (4.1)

1.83

40--44

704 (3.3)

1.55

45--49

760 (3.6)

1.67

50--54

892 (4.2)

1.67

55--59

1,399 (6.6)

2.35

60-64

1,254 (5.9)

2.71

65-69

1,428 (6.7)

3.42

70-74

1,676 (7.9)

4.38

75-79

2,083 (9.8)

6.54

80-84

2,055 (9.7)

9.89

85 and over

2,585 (12.2)

13.96

Unknown

557 (2.6)

Sex

Male

10,791 (50.9)

3.05

Female

9,847 (46.4)

2.60

Unknown

573 (2.7)

Sasaki et al. International Journal of Health Geographics 2010 9:4   doi:10.1186/1476-072X-9-4