Table 5:

Trends in Utilization of Emergency Medical Services for Acute Stroke Care by Year, 2014–2019

	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	P for trend
EMS utilization (%)	59.6%	59.7%	60.4%	60.8%	59.5%	59.3%	0.037
Pre-notification among utilization of EMS (%)	56.9%	56.5%	54.1%	54.7%	56.4%	56.5%	0.99
Among Ischemic stroke (%)	59.3%	59.3%	60.0%	60.0%	58.6%	58.1%	<0.0001
Among TIA (%)	51.3%	50.8%	51.9%	52.9%	50.7%	51.1%	0.89
Among Hemorrhagic stroke (%)	75.5%	75.4%	75.2%	76.0%	74.6%	75.3%	0.44

Abbreviation: EMS=emergency medical services; TIA=transient ischemic attack