Table 1 Numbers of all patients (N) who visited the PDS, numbers (n) and proportions (%) (properly) examined and numbers (n) and proportions (%) of those examined who were in need of basic treatment by age group and year from 2001 to 2013 in five Finnish PDS units
All patients having visited the PDS | Children and adolescents (<18 years) | Working-aged adults (18–64 years) | Elderly (65+ years) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Examined of the age group | In need of basic treatment of those examined | Examined of the age group | In need of basic treatment of those examined | Examined of the age group | In need of basic treatment of those examined | |||||
Year | N | n | n % | n % | n | n % | n % | n | n % | n % |
2001 | 77,059 | 39,682 | 32,823 (82.7) | 14,572 (44.4) | 35,223 | 22,819 (64.8) | 17,136 (75.1) | 2154 | 1071 (49.7) | 659 (61.5) |
2002 | 77,160 | 39,297 | 32,604 (83.0) | 14,120 (43.3) | 35,429 | 21,234 (59.9) | 15,799 (74.4) | 2434 | 1184 (48.6) | 764 (64.5) |
2003 | 78,590 | 40,022 | 33,476 (83.6) | 15,000 (44.8) | 35,184 | 19,171 (54.5) | 14,360 (74.9) | 3384 | 1829 (54.0) | 1225 (67.0) |
2004 | 75,630 | 36,316 | 29,331 (80.8) | 13,158 (44.9) | 35,126 | 16,996 (48.4) | 12,843 (75.6) | 4188 | 1808 (43.2) | 1167 (64.5) |
2005 | 81,273 | 37,857 | 30,922 (81.7) | 12,942 (41.9) | 38,113 | 20,500 (53.8) | 15,458 (75.4) | 5303 | 2300 (43.4) | 1499 (65.2) |
2006 | 84,952 | 36,263 | 29,724 (82.0) | 10,999 (37.0) | 41,757 | 20,184 (48.3) | 15,912 (78.8) | 6932 | 2648 (38.2) | 1889 (71.3) |
2007 | 84,547 | 38,216 | 31,898 (83.5) | 10,636 (33.3) | 39,312 | 15,119 (38.5) | 10,988 (72.7) | 7019 | 2251 (32.1) | 1425 (63.3) |
2008 | 83,982 | 36,442 | 28,872 (79.2) | 9536 (33.0) | 40,277 | 17,613 (43.7) | 13,121 (74.5) | 7263 | 2810 (38.7) | 1834 (65.3) |
2009 | 95,821 | 40,746 | 32,018 (78.6) | 9715 (30.3) | 46,093 | 18,674 (40.5) | 14,895 (79.8) | 8982 | 3517 (39.2) | 2530 (71.9) |
2010 | 93,831 | 36,809 | 26,401 (71.7) | 8611 (32.6) | 47,468 | 19,721 (41.5) | 13,033 (66.1) | 9554 | 3932 (41.2) | 2326 (59.2) |
2011 | 99,047 | 40,433 | 31,321 (77.5) | 10,111 (32.3) | 48,093 | 19,754 (41.1) | 12,967 (65.6) | 10,521 | 4509 (42.9) | 2557 (56.7) |
2012 | 102,202 | 37,386 | 27,058 (72.4) | 9515 (35.2) | 52,674 | 22,611 (43.0) | 15,552 (68.6) | 12,142 | 5746 (47.3) | 3144 (54.7) |
2013 | 107,352 | 39,517 | 29,474 (74.6) | 9794 (33.2) | 54,779 | 22,082 (40.3) | 15,225 (68.9) | 13,056 | 6214 (47.6) | 3402 (54.7) |