Table 3. Proportions of transported patients admitted to hospital, by symptom/event.

Symptom or event	Age 85 or older		Age 65–84
Fall	4652/9163	(51%)	8051/23 338	(34%)a
Pain	4664/7631	(61%)	15 065/30 055	(50%)a
Consciousness disturbance	6079/7308	(83%)	13 142/17 667	(74%)a
Fever	5414/6389	(85%)	7124/10 158	(70%)a
Dyspnea	5076/5866	(87%)	10 146/13 491	(75%)a
Weakness	3627/4542	(80%)	7981/12 043	(66%)a
Gait disturbance	1383/1709	(81%)	4378/6024	(73%)a
Vomiting	1134/1631	(70%)	2915/5275	(55%)a
Dizziness	724/1544	(47%)	4275/11 565	(37%)a
Nausea	751/1281	(59%)	2310/5502	(42%)a

^aP < 0.001 by chi-square test.