2024.03.29 16:45Nation

救急出動、過去最多　２３年、高齢者の搬送増で―総務省消防庁

　総務省消防庁は２９日、２０２３年の救急車による救急出動件数が、前年比５．６％増の７６３万７９６７件（速報値）だったと発表した。１９６３年の集計開始以来最多。搬送された人も６．８％増の６６３万９９５９人で最多を更新した。高齢化の進展で高齢者の搬送が増加。新型コロナウイルス感染者が依然として多いことも背景にあるとみられる。
　搬送された人を事故種別に見ると、新型コロナ疑いを含む「急病」が４４９万７２２４人で全体の６７．７％と最も多く、「一般負傷」や「交通事故」が続いた。年齢区分別では６５歳以上の高齢者が４０９万２７５９人で６割を占めた。（2024/03/29-16:45）

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2024.03.29 16:45Nation

Japan Sees Record Ambulance Dispatches in 2023

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There were 7,637,967 ambulance dispatches in Japan in 2023, the highest figure since comparable data became available in 1963, the Fire and Disaster Management Agency said in a preliminary report Friday.
   From the previous year, ambulance dispatches increased 5.6 pct.
   The agency also said a record 6,639,959 people, up 6.8 pct, were transported by ambulance.
   Of them, probable sufferers of acute illnesses, such as COVID-19, accounted for 67.7 pct, far exceeding those inflicted "general" injuries, at 15.9 pct, and those involved in traffic accidents, at 5.4 pct.
   People aged 65 or older made up about 61.6 pct of the total ambulance users, more than triple the proportion of younger adults.

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