TABLE 1.

Demographics of older (age≥65) and younger (age 18–64) EMS patients.

Patient Characteristic	Older Adults (N=6,569,064)	Younger Adults (N =9,547,155)	Odds Ratio (95% CI)
Age – mean (SD)	79.14 (±8.82)	42.75 (±13.87)
Sex
Male	2,657,391 (40.5%)	4,699,329 (49.2%)	Reference
Female	3,849,735 (58.6%)	4,760,726 (49.9%)	1.43 (1.43–1.43)
Unknown	61,938 (0.94%)	87,100 (0.91%)	--
Race
White	4,111,229 (62.6%)	4,459,476 (46.7%)	Reference
Black	702,848 (10.7%)	2,086,117 (21.9%)	0.37 (0.36–0.37)
American Indian	25,287 (0.4%)	94,954 (0.7%)	0.29 (0.28–.029)
Asian	41,601 (0.6%)	63,521 (0.7%)	0.71 (0.70–0.72)
Pacific Islander	8,631 (0.1%)	19,734 (0.2%)	0.47 (0.46–0.49)
Others	145,879 (2.2%)	418,498 (4.4%)	0.38 (0.38–0.38)
Unknown	1,533,589 (23.4%)	2,404,855 (25.2%)	--
Primary Payer
Private Insurance	450,377 (6.9%)	813,578 (8.5%)	Reference
Medicare	1,273,617 (19.4%)	410,050 (4.3%)	5.61 (5.58–5.64)
Medicaid	124,204 (1.9%)	671,823 (7.0%)	0.33 (0.33–0.34)
Self Pay	130,030 (2.0%)	637,702 (6.7%)	0.37 (0.37–0.37)
Other	120,630 (1.8%)	234,112 (2.5%)	0.93 (0.92–0.94)
Location Type
Home/residence	3,845,859 (58.6%)	4,739,541 (49.6%)	Reference
Farm/Mine/Quarry/ Industrial Places	125,730 (1.9%)	458,674 (4.8%)	0.34 (0.34–0.34)
Recreation facilities/ Bodies of Water	60,388 (0.9%)	130,030 (1.4%)	0.57 (0.57–058)
Street or highway	295,507 (4.5%)	1,667,183 (17.5%)	0.22 (0.22–0.22)
Public building /Businesses	256,465 (3.9%)	1,667,183 (17.5%)	0.30 (0.30–0.30)
Health care facility (clinic, hospital)	1,051,838 (16.0%)	668,339 (7.0%)	1.94 (1.93–1.95)
Residential institution (nursing home, jail/prison)	548,145 (8.3%)	268,127 (2.8%)	2.52 (2.51–2.53)
Unknown	385,132 (5.9%)	561,044 (5.9%)	--
US Census Region
South	2,763,366 (42.1%)	4,053,835 (42.5%)	Reference
Midwest	1,290,721 (19.7%)	1,819,336 (19.1%)	1.04 (1.04–1.04)
Northeast	1,657,999 (25.2%)	2,265,535 (23.7%)	1.07 (1.07–1.08)
West	851,393 (13.0%)	1,398,229 (14.7%)	0.89 (0.89–0.90)
Island Areas	5,585 (0.1%)	10,220 (0.1%)	0.80 (0.78–0.83)