Læknablaðið : fylgirit - 01.09.1978, Blaðsíða 125

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TABLE 1 MODE OF ADMISSION PHYSICAL TABLE 2 CONDITION ON ADMISSION
Coma 167 5 2%
Emergency room 271 85% e . Semicoma 60 19%
Family physician 30 Alert 91 29%
Home emergency serv. 9 3%
Hospital : referral 8 3%
TABLE 3
AGE DISTRIBUTION . AND FEMALE MALE RATIO
Age 13-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 51-60 61-70 >70 TOTAL
Males 16 40 3 0 18 17 6 3 130
Females 18 50 37 38 21 5 2 171
Total no. in each age group 34 (11%) 90 (30%) 67 (22%) 56 (19%) 38 (13%) 11 (4%) 5 301
Female male 1.13 1.25 1 . 23 2.11 1.23 0.83 0 . 66 1.31
natio