Table 2.

Results of emergency department indicator and reference indicator cross-correlation analyses at lag − 1 overall, and stratified by sex and age groups. *P-values refer to the statistical significance of the cross-correlation coefficient being different from 0. Germany, 2019–2023.

		Cross-correlation coefficient	95% confidence interval	p-value*
Overall		0.73	0.61–0.85	p < 0.001
Sex	Male	0.67	0.56–0.79	p < 0.001
	Female	0.65	0.50–0.80	p < 0.001
Age groups (years)	0–19	0.65	0.53–0.77	p < 0.001
	20–39	0.61	0.47–0.74	p < 0.001
	40–59	0.48	0.35–0.61	p < 0.001
	60–79	0.48	0.33–0.63	p < 0.001
	80 +	0.22	0.03–0.40	p < 0.05