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Table 1 Patient sociodemographic and geographic characteristics

From: Does emergency department use and post-visit physician care cluster geographically and temporally for adolescents who self-harm? A population-based 9-year retrospective cohort study from Alberta, Canada

 

Adolescents aged 15–17 years with an ED visit

Adolescents aged 15–17 years without a 14-day physician follow-up visit

Alberta population aged 15–17 years

 

Total

Fiscal Years

Total

Fiscal Years

 

n (%)

Median (Range)

n (%)

Median (Range)

n (%)

All

3,927

418 (384 to 543)

2,153 (54.8)

233 (200 to 326)

145,389

Sex

     

 Female

2,834 (72.2)

305 (275 to 394)

1,533 (71.2)

164 (146 to 225)

70,571 (48.5)

 Male

1,093 (27.8)

122 (99 to 149)

620 (28.8)

69 (49 to 101)

74,818 (51.5)

Zone

     

 North

719 (18.3)

77 (67 to 94)

429 (19.9)

47 (36 to 58)

19,559 (13.5)

 Edmonton

1,395 (35.5)

147 (124 to 218)

798 (37.1)

86 (66 to 140)

43,947 (30.2)

 Central

564 (14.4)

60 (43 to 88)

319 (14.8)

33 (23 to 58)

18,865 (13.0)

 Calgary

926 (23.6)

100 (85 to 130)

429 (19.9)

47 (32 to 64)

51,169 (35.2)

 South

323 (8.2)

35 (26 to 42)

178 (8.3)

20 (11 to 25)

11,849 (8.1)