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Table 1 Participantsbackgrounds

From: Major incident preparedness and on-site work among Norwegian rescue personnel – a cross-sectional study

 

Age*

Gender, % men

Number of years of experience*

Number of major incidents where participated last 10 years*

Number of exercises where participated last 3 years*

Area, % rural

Region, % coastal

Health 34. 1% (n = 313)

36 (15–65) <2>

57 1.% n = 177 <3>

7 (0–38) <29>

1 (0–15) <96>

1 (0–10) <51>

64.4% n = 201 <1>

60.6% n = 186 <6>

Fire 54. 1% (n = 497)

43 (20–64) <9>

99.4% n = 493 <1>

11 (0–41) <10>

1 (0–50) <173>

1 (0–20) <113>

70.7% n = 350 <2>

57.2% n = 281 <6>

Police 11. 8% (n = 108)

40 (22. 59) <0>

83.3% n = 90 <0>

15 (0–39) <4>

4 (0–25) <23>

1 (0–10) <10>

48.2% n = 52 <0>

50.9% n = 55 <0>

  1. *Median in bold, range in brackets.
  2. The number of non-respondents to each question is given in < >.