Table 3.

Emergency department attendance by homeless registrants in past 12 months (N = 928)

Mean age (SD) of those attending ED, yearsMean age (SD) of those not attending ED, yearsP-valuePrevalence n (%)Prevalence data in English or UK general populationData in homeless population (from other studies in the UK and Ireland, systematic reviews of international literature)
Male n (%)Female n (%)P-valueAll registrants n (%)
38.8 (10.3)38.1 (12.1)0.352264 (31.8)38 (39.2)0.174302 (32.5)200.2–552.7 per 1000 population (includes repeat attendances)4848.1% Glasgow15
  • ED = emergency department.