Table 4.
Less than 75 years old | At least 75 years old | |||||||
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ONAP1 | OFAP2 | ONAP1 | OFAP2 | |||||
HWDS3 ED Visits | HWDS3 ED Visits as a proportion of total ED Visits | HWDS3 ED Visits | HWDS3 ED Visits as a proportion of total ED Visits | HWDS3 ED Visits | HWDS3 ED Visits as a proportion of total ED Visits | HWDS3 ED Visits | HWDS3 ED Visits as a proportion of total ED Visits | |
Malaise | 1,808 | 2.46%*** | 5,554 | 1.85% | 661 | 7.70%*** | 2,062 | 6.24% |
Hyperthermia | 98 | 0.13%* | 115 | 0.04% | 31 | 0.35%*** | 10 | 0.03% |
Hyponatremia | 59 | 0.08% (NS) | 99 | 0.03% | 139 | 1.62%*** | 187 | 0.57% |
Dehydration | 67 | 0.09% (NS) | 112 | 0.04% | 161 | 1.88%*** | 207 | 0.63% |
Renal Colic | 684 | 0.94%* | 2,527 | 0.84% | 19 | 0.22% (NS) |
58 | 0.17% |
Renal failure | 59 | 0.08% (NS) | 205 | 0.07% | 57 | 0.66%* | 170 | 0.51% |
Total HWDS3 | 2,775 | 3.78%*** | 8,612 | 2.87% | 1,068 | 12.43%*** | 2,694 | 8.15% |
* p < 0.05 ** p < 0.01 *** p < 0.001.
1: ONAP, 'On Alert' Period; 2: OFAP, 'Off Alert' Period; 3: HWDS, Heat Wave Disease Syndromes