Table 1 EMS Encounters for Falls, Syncope with and without a heat component and heat illness
|  | Fall injury without syncope or heat N (%) | Syncope–no heat component N (%) | Syncope–with heat component N (%) | Heat-related issue but no syncope N (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Total N | 1,780,371 | 643,260 | 6550 | 41,951 |
Reported Injury | ||||
No injury or injury other than fall related | NA | 570,134 (89) | 6076 (93) | 41,013 (98) |
Injury from a fall | 1,780,371 (100) | 73,126 (11) | 474 (7) | 938 (2) |
EMS reported location of the patient | ||||
Indoors | 1,531,903 (86) | 545,846 (85) | 4,948 (76) | 26,411 (63) |
Outdoors, not on a street or sidewalk | 22,732 (1) | 7539 (1) | 446 (7) | 3094 (7) |
Outdoors, on a street or sidewalk | 124,493 (7) | 40,936 (6) | 638 (10) | 8152 (19) |
Indeterminant for indoor vs outdoor status | 51,307 (3) | 22,896 (4) | 406 (6) | 3120 (7) |
Not Recorded | 49,936 (3) | 26,043 (4) | 112 (2) | 1174 (3) |
Age Group | ||||
 < 21 | 111,710 (6) | 59,332 (9) | 951 (15) | 6107 (15) |
21–29 | 57,667 (3) | 50,243 (8) | 661 (10) | 5208 (12) |
30–39 | 75,811 (4) | 49,778 (8) | 583 (9) | 5483 (13) |
40–49 | 93,113 (5) | 53,949 (8) | 570 (9) | 5026 (12) |
50–64 | 308,128 (17) | 128,403 (20) | 1378 (21) | 9406 (22) |
65 +  | 1,128,394 (63) | 299,049 (46) | 2394 (37) | 10,575 (25) |
Not Recorded | 5548 (< 1) | 2506 (< 1) | 13 (< 1) | 146 (< 1) |
Sex of patient | ||||
Male | 742,993 (42) | 297,791 (46) | 3465 (53) | 26,777 (64) |
Female | 1,030,141 (58) | 342,114 (53) | 3,054 (47) | 14,954 (36) |
Not Recorded | 7237 (< 1) | 3355 (1) | 31 (< 1) | 220 (1) |
Race and Ethnicity | ||||
American Indian or Alaska Native | 8011 (< 1) | 2827 (< 1) | 24 (< 1) | 232 (1) |
Asian | 11,568 (1) | 4132 (1) | 41 (1) | 331 (1) |
Black or African American | 193,587 (11) | 70,923 (11) | 779 (12) | 5,280 (13) |
Hispanic or Latin | 68,518 (4) | 24,949 (4) | 274 (4) | 1727 (4) |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 2463 (< 1) | 935 (< 1) | 16 (< 1) | 64 (< 1) |
White | 548,779 (31) | 198,113 (31) | 2093 (32) | 14,232 (34) |
Mixed Race | 1218 (< 1) | 459 (< 1) | 3 (< 1) | 42 (< 1) |
Not Recorded | 946,227 (53) | 340,922 (53) | 3320 (51) | 20,043 (48) |
South, North or West Census Divisions | ||||
North | 502,155 (28) | 179,967 (28) | 1525 (23) | 8363 (20) |
South | 806,320 (45) | 285,314 (44) | 3495 (53) | 25,155 (60) |
Pacific or Mountain | 471,459 (26) | 177,516 (28) | 1528 (23) | 8424 (20) |
Not Recorded | 437 (< 1) | 463 (< 1) | 2 (< 1) | 9 (< 1) |
Urbanicity | ||||
Urban | 1,482,677 (83) | 546,442 (85) | 5,042 (77) | 33,672 (80) |
Suburban | 97,037 (5) | 30,644 (5) | 438 (7) | 2476 (6) |
Rural | 117,281 (7) | 36,968 (6) | 628 (10) | 3419 (8) |
Wilderness | 31,894 (2) | 9455 (1) | 164 (3) | 747 (2) |
Not Recorded | 51,482 (3) | 19,751 (3) | 278 (4) | 1637 (4) |