Table 1 Demographic and medical characteristics of Emergency Department users and their visits in the Ile de France region in 2015 (IdF area)

Population, n

12,055,277

100

2,382,802

100

278,687

100

2,104,115

100

Men, n

5,822,699

48.3

1,146,128

48.1

121,904

43.7

1,024,572

48.7

Median age, years

36

31

30

32

 Diabetes

454,210

3.8

90,115

3.8

12,670

4.5

77,445

3.7

 Psychiatric disorder

243,626

2.0

60,867

2.5

12,341

4.4

48,526

2.3

 Cancer

371,109

3.1

76,872

3.2

11,085

3.9

65,787

3.1

 Chronic heart feature

152,938

1.3

42,056

1.8

6850

2.4

35,206

1.7

 Coronary artery disease

178,234

1.5

42,588

1.8

6137

2.2

36,451

1.7

 Chronic respiratory failure

99,224

0.8

27,431

1.1

5232

1.9

22,199

1.0

 Severe hypertension

154,481

1.3

33,729

1.4

4946

1.8

28,783

1.4

 Dementia

59,091

0.5

19,929

0.8

3335

1.2

16,594

1.4

NFUs & FUs Visits

%

FUs Visits

%

NFUs Visits

%

Visits, n

3,718,209

100

1,144,837

100

2,573,372

100

 Level 1 – medical consultation only

790,627

21.3

219,210

19.1

571,417

22.2

 Level 2 – need for technical procedure

1,518,493

40.8

540,393

47.2

978,100

38.0

 Level 3 – need for specialist opinion

842,816

22.7

201,903

17.6

640,913

24.9

 Level 4 – hospital admission

566,273

15.2

183,331

16.0

382,942

14.9