Table 2. Care-seeking behavior, treatment given and hospital stay after whiplash trauma (n = 3,368).

		Women (n = 1,719)	Men (n = 1,649)	P-value
Sought care at primary health care		884 (51%)	769 (47%)	0.0060*
Patient delay between trauma and seeking care (days) b		3.2 (15)—0 (0–2)§	2.6 (11)—0 (0–1)	0.00074*
Type of treatment				0.69
	Discharged without treatment, [n (%)]a	107 (6.2%)	111 (6.8%)
	Discharged after treatment, [n (%)]a	1.506 (88%)	1.423 (86%)
	Admitted to hospital, [n (%)]a	106 (6,2%)	109 (6,4%)
Days admitted to hospital, [mean (SD)]c		2.70 (1.9)	2.10 (1.7)	0.022*

*Significant at the p<0.05 level.

^§ First figure mean values (standard deviation) second figure median (25^th-75^th percentile).

^a Chi-square test.

^b Mann Whitney U-test.

^c Students T-test.