Table 2. Overall and COVID-19-related visits in emergency departments (EDs) and SOS Médecins associations by gender and age group during the lockdown period (16 March to 10 May 2020), France.
Overall visits(a) (N) | COVID-19-related visits (N) | Proportion of COVID-19-related visits among overall visits (%) | Distribution of COVID-19-related visits (%) | Hospitalisations after visits (N) | Proportion of hospitalisations among COVID-19-related visits (%) | Hospitalisations in intensive care related to COVID-19 (N) | Proportion of hospitalisations in intensive care among COVID-19-related hospitalisation (%) | |
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All ED visits | 1,395,573 | 140,011 | 10.0 | - | 56,696 | 40.5 | 1,967 | 3.5 |
Gender | ||||||||
Missing | 197 | 29 | 14.7 | 0.0 | 7 | 24.1 | 1 | 14.3 |
Female | 679,889 | 76,080 | 11.2 | 54.3 | 26,324 | 34.6 | 626 | 2.4 |
Male | 715,487 | 63,902 | 8.9 | 45.6 | 30 365 | 47.5 | 1,340 | 4.4 |
Age group (years) | ||||||||
Missing | 50 | 4 | 8.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | NA | NA |
Under 15 | 200,652 | 2,918 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 719 | 24.6 | 11 | 1.5 |
15–44 | 485,537 | 50,404 | 10.4 | 36.0 | 8,361 | 16.6 | 189 | 2.3 |
45–64 | 327,936 | 43,399 | 13.2 | 31.0 | 15,683 | 36.1 | 765 | 4.9 |
65 and older | 381,398 | 43,286 | 11.3 | 30.9 | 31,933 | 73.8 | 1,002 | 3.1 |
All SOS Médecins visits | 373,167 | 46,038 | 12.3 | - | 2,649 | 5.8 | NA | NA |
Gender | ||||||||
Missing | 333 | 49 | 14.7 | 0.1 | 1 | 2.0 | NA | NA |
Female | 216,015 | 26,771 | 12.4 | 58.1 | 1,365 | 5.1 | NA | NA |
Male | 156,819 | 19,218 | 12.3 | 41.7 | 1,283 | 6.7 | NA | NA |
Age group (years) | ||||||||
Missing | 856 | 86 | 10.0 | 0.2 | 2 | 2.3 | NA | NA |
Under 15 | 64,802 | 3,875 | 6.0 | 8.4 | 104 | 2.7 | NA | NA |
15–44 | 155,118 | 24,590 | 15.9 | 53.4 | 617 | 2.5 | NA | NA |
45–64 | 74,300 | 11,004 | 14.8 | 23.9 | 665 | 6.0 | NA | NA |
65 and older | 78,091 | 6,483 | 8.3 | 14.1 | 1,261 | 19.5 | NA | NA |
(a): overall visits: visits with at least one coded medical diagnosis.
NA: not available.