Analysis of the equity of emergency medical services: a cross-sectional survey in Chongqing city

Table 1 EMS needs indicators among different socio-economic groups, Chongqing, 2008 to 2012

Indicator^b	Year	Less developed area			Relatively developed area			Developed area
		Mortality	Deaths		Mortality	Deaths		Mortality	Deaths
		rate^a	n	%	rate	n	%	rate	n	%
Maternal	2008	43.74	51	49.04	33.89	34	32.69	24.20	19	18.27
	2009	39.73	49	54.44	24.09	23	25.56	22.54	18	20.00
	2010	37.68	37	42.05	20.45	36	40.90	19.14	15	17.05
	2011	26.96	30	46.88	18.69	18	28.12	18.07	16	25.00
	2012	21.67	25	53.19	14.84	15	31.92	7.27	7	14.89
Neonatal	2008	6.47	755	49.57	4.06	407	26.73	4.60	361	23.70
	2009	5.30	654	44.49	5.02	479	32.59	4.22	337	22.92
	2010	5.81	767	50.10	3.69	442	28.87	4.11	322	21.03
	2011	5.02	559	46.39	3.78	364	30.21	3.18	282	23.40
	2012	4.20	484	44.61	3.33	337	31.06	2.74	264	24.33
Cerebrovascular	2008	3.55	416	17.19	7.98	858	35.45	13.67	1146	47.36
	2009	3.04	359	7.61	9.12	984	20.85	33.19	3376	71.54
	2010	41.74	4952	32.76	31.78	3452	22.84	65.12	6713	44.40
	2011	50.87	6069	23.91	81.47	8009	31.55	103.38	11304	44.54
	2012	79.04	9463	28.56	96.61	10575	31.91	128.44	13098	39.53
Cardiovascular	2008	6.35	743	14.59	18.74	2015	39.56	27.86	2336	45.85
	2009	6.96	821	11.70	20.79	2243	31.96	38.87	3954	56.34
	2010	38.40	4556	26.14	38.94	4229	24.26	83.86	8645	49.60
	2011	54.51	6503	24.13	80.81	8830	32.76	111.30	11620	43.11
	2012	88.49	10594	27.01	130.21	14254	36.34	141.01	14380	36.65
Injury and poisoning	2008	4.87	570	24.52	8.93	960	41.29	9.48	795	34.19
	2009	3.86	455	14.95	8.38	904	29.71	16.55	1684	55.34
	2010	27.66	3282	38.34	19.53	2121	24.78	30.62	3157	36.88
	2011	37.06	4422	34.29	35.77	3909	30.32	43.72	4564	35.39
	2012	48.34	5787	36.49	46.69	5111	32.22	48.67	4963	31.29

^aThe mortality rate of neonatal refers to per 1, 000 (sic.) persons, others were per 100, 000 (sic.) persons
^bDue to the different coverage of death surveillance, the data for cerebrovascular, cardiovascular, and injury and poisoning can’t be compared across 2008–2009 & 2010–2012

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