Table 1 Characteristics of emergency department visits and cases of gastrointestinal infection cases. Germany, 2019–2023.
Variables | All visits | Gastrointestinal infection cases | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | ||
Total | 864,353 | 100 | 18,158 | 100 | |
Sex | Female | 420,517 | 49 | 10,424 | 57 |
Male | 443,836 | 51 | 7734 | 43 | |
Age group | 0–19 | 116,794 | 14 | 4108 | 23 |
20–39 | 204,497 | 24 | 4116 | 23 | |
40–59 | 189,126 | 22 | 2747 | 15 | |
60–79 | 207,258 | 24 | 3917 | 22 | |
80 + | 146,678 | 17 | 3270 | 18 | |
