Table 1.
Characteristics of the population having requested PEMS intervention between 2001–2010 (numbers and percentages)
| Variables | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary interventions | 21722 | 21753 | 23225 | 23510 | 24630 | 25048 | 26170 | 27376 | 27603 | 28697 |
| Nb/1000 inhabitants | 34 | 34 | 36 | 35 | 37 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 38 | 39 |
| SMUR interventions | 5865 | 6431 | 7230 | 6634 | 6724 | 6611 | 6452 | 6024 | 6090 | 6453 |
| Nb/1000 inhabitants | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 |
| Age (years) | ||||||||||
| <16 | 1394 (6.6) | 1383 (6.5) | 1322 (5.9) | 1218 (5.4) | 1274 (5.4) | 1308 (5.4) | 1353 (5.3) | 1340 (5.1) | 1635 (6.1) | 1565 (5.6) |
| 17-49 | 7108 (33.5) | 7162 (33.8) | 7591 (33.6) | 7625 (33.5) | 7828 (32.9) | 7877 (32.5) | 8293 (32.7) | 8357 (31.5) | 8475 (31.7) | 8547 (30.9) |
| 50-79 | 7635 (36.0) | 7474 (35.2) | 7650 (33.8) | 7636 (33.9) | 7994 (33.6) | 8139 (33.4) | 8571 (33.6) | 9032 (34.0) | 9303 (34.7) | 9653 (34.6) |
| > = 80 | 5076 (23.9) | 5179 (24.4) | 6047 (26.7) | 6281 (27.6) | 6706 (28.2) | 6972 (28.7) | 7202 (28.3) | 7807 (29.4) | 7359 (27.5) | 8039 (28.9) |
| Male gender | 10460 (49.4) | 10603 (50.0) | 11344 (50.2) | 11331 (49.8) | 11540 (48.5) | 12053 (49.6) | 12522 (49.3) | 13015 (49.1) | 13317 (49.8) | 13742 (49.4) |
| NACA Score** | ||||||||||
| <4 | 18735 (82.8) | 19220 (84.5) | 19851 (83.4) | 20344 (83.8) | 21118 (83.1) | 22229 (83.8) | 22490 (84.0) | 23469 (84.4) | ||
| 4-6 | 3429 (15.2) | 3108 (13.7) | 3485 (14.6) | 3487 (14.4) | 3853 (15.2) | 3853 (14.5) | 3786 (14.1) | 3877 (13.9) | ||
| 7 | 470 (2.1) | 437 (1.9) | 468 (2.0) | 465 (1.9) | 451 (1.8) | 457 (1.7) | 498 (1.9) | 460 (1.7) |
PEMS: prehospital emergency medical services; SMUR: emergency physicians sent simultaneously onsite;
**The NACA Score is divided into 7 categories: NACA 0 (no injury), 1 (slight injury, no medical intervention required), 2 (light-to-moderately heavy injury, ambulatory medical clarification necessary), 3 (heavy, but not life-threatening injury or illness, stationary treatment necessary, and frequently also local emergency medical measures), 4 (heavy injury, for which the short-term development of a life threat cannot be excluded), 5 (acute lethal danger), 6 (resuscitation), 7 (death).