Table 6.
The number of deaths among hospitalized emergency patients for acute disease registered in the Osaka Emergency Information Research Intelligent Operation Network system.
| Reason for Ambulance Call | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children | 2019 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 26 |
| 2020 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 25 | |
| IRR (95% CI) | 1.00 (0.19–5.37) | 1.00 (0.07–13.80) | 2.00 (0.10–117.99) | 1.00 (0.07–13.80) | 0.50 (0.01–9.60) | 0.67 (0.06–5.82) | 0.67 (0.06–5.82) | 0.50 (0.01–9.60) | 0.33 (0.01–4.15) | 0.50 (0.01–9.60) | NA | 3.50 (0.67–34.53) | 0.96 (0.53–1.73) | |
| Adults | 2019 | 143 | 84 | 107 | 96 | 79 | 88 | 88 | 81 | 92 | 106 | 117 | 129 | 1210 |
| 2020 | 124 | 90 | 88 | 95 | 75 | 90 | 108 | 100 | 84 | 95 | 106 | 116 | 1171 | |
| IRR (95% CI) | 0.87 (0.68–1.11) | 1.07 (0.79–1.46) | 0.82 (0.61–1.10) | 0.99 (0.74–1.33) | 0.95 (0.68–1.32) | 1.02 (0.75–1.39) | 1.23 (0.92–1.65) | 1.23 (0.91–1.68) | 0.91 (0.67–1.24) | 0.90 (0.67–1.19) | 0.91 (0.69–1.19) | 0.90 (0.69–1.16) | 0.97 (0.89–1.05) | |
| Elderlies | 2019 | 965 | 743 | 762 | 672 | 686 | 579 | 624 | 615 | 660 | 683 | 791 | 811 | 8591 |
| 2020 | 900 | 821 | 792 | 659 | 672 | 603 | 608 | 622 | 621 | 704 | 767 | 891 | 8660 | |
| IRR (95% CI) | 0.93 (0.85–1.02) | 1.10 (1.00–1.22) | 1.04 (0.94–1.15) | 0.98 (0.88–1.09) | 0.98 (0.88–1.09) | 1.04 (0.93–1.17) | 0.97 (0.87–1.09) | 1.01 (0.90–1.13) | 0.94 (0.84–1.05) | 1.03 (0.93–1.15) | 0.97 (0.88–1.07) | 1.10 (1.00–1.21) | 1.01 (0.98–1.04) |
IRR: incident rate ratio; CI: confidence interval; NA: not assessment.