Table 2.
Patient characteristics.
| Demographics | Sedation administered | No sedation | Totals | |
| ALL | 104 (44%) | 133 (56%) | 237 | |
| Sex | MALE | 74 (43%) | 100 (57%) | 174 |
| FEMALE | 30 (48%) | 33 (52%) | 63 | |
| Mean age (SD) | 35.74 (15.28) | 34.68 (14.32) | 35.16 (15.67) | |
| Location | HOME | 64 (44%) | 83 (56%) | 147 |
| PUBLIC | 31 (46%) | 37 (54%) | 68 | |
| LEISURE | 9 (41%) | 13 (59%) | 22 | |
| Believed cause | ALC/DRUGS | 58 (50%) | 58 (50%) | 116 |
| MH | 26 (38%) | 43 (62%) | 69 | |
| NEURO | 7 (47%) | 8 (53%) | 15 | |
| INFECTION | 13 (46%) | 15 (54%) | 28 | |
| UNKNOWN | 0 (0%) | 9 (100%) | 9 | |
| Disposition | ED | 104 (49%) | 119 (51%) | 223 |
| OTHER | 0 (0%) | 14 (100%) | 14 | |
HOME refers to any residential address; LEISURE refers to social or entertainment location; PUBLIC refers to prison/police custody, and long-term and short-term healthcare facilities.
ED: emergency department; MH: mental health; SD: standard deviation.