Table 2 Number and frequency of visits, to ER of the Hospitals Vittorio Emanuele, Cannizzaro and Garibaldi in Catania, for some acute affections
Visits to ER – observation period 20/10 - 05/11 | Differ | Value P | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
City of Catania | Year 2001 | Year 2002 | ||
N. acute affect.upper resp. tract (% tot.) | 262 (2,14) | 353 (3.41) | (+1,27) | p <0,01 |
N. acute affect. lower resp. tract (% tot.) | 256 (2,09) | 350 (3,38) | (+1,29) | p <0,01 |
N. heart diseases (% tot.) | 182 (1,49) | 287 (2,78) | (+1,29) | p <0,01 |
N. neuropsychiatric disorders (% tot.) | 139 (1,14) | 116 (1,12 ) | (−0,02) | NS |
N. ocular affections (% tot.) | 292 (2,39) | 409 (3,96) | (+1,57) | p <0,01 |
N. skin diseases (% tot.) | 106 (0,86) | 86 (0,83) | (−0,03) | NS |
N. surgical diseases and orthopedic (% tot.) | 1157 (9,46) | 1048 (10,14) | (+0,68) | NS |
Total diseases | 2394 (1,96) | 2649 (2,56) | (+0,60) | |
Number of visits for all diseases (total) | 12.230 | 10.337 | ||