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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the epidemiological information of patients in pre-hospital medical care in Guangzhou city, and to explore the characteristics of the patients. METHODS: The data in the year of 2008 were retrieved from the computer database of Guangzhou Emergency Medical Rescue Command Center. RESULTS: (1)In a total of 969 410 calls received, the time of distribution was found to be mainly between 16:00 and 18:00 [11.78% (114 224)], and least frequently between 04:00 and 06:00 [2.40% (23 237)]. (2)Among 109 682 dispatches of ambulances, Baiyun district received the most [26.77% (29 364)], and followed by Haizhu district [18.30% (20 069)], Tianhe district [18.20% (19 962)], respectively. (3)Among 97 823 cases of pre-hospital medical care, death rate of the male patients was higher than the female [amount: 57.65% (56 394) vs. 38.48% (37 641), mortality: 59.17% (3 269) vs. 33.95% (1 876)]. (4)In 9 7823 cases of pre-hospital medical care, trauma constituted the highest rate [34.57% (33 820)], especially traffic accidents [11.56% (11 307)], and the age of most of the patients ranged between 21 and 50. Disease of the nervous system ranged the second, followed by diseases of circulatory system, respiratory system and digestive system, and most of them were over 51 years old, and most frequently above 70. (5)In 97 823 cases of pre-hospital medical care, there were 5 525 deaths (5.65%), in whom the circulatory system diseases ranged first (especially sudden death) [33.07% (1 827)], followed by unclassified diseases [29.79% (1 646)], trauma [15.67% (866)], respiratory diseases [7.48% (413)], and neurological emergency illnesses [5.95% (329)]. The age of deceased was far older than 51, particularly 70. The age of most of the deceased was above 61, and age of traumatic death was 21-40. CONCLUSION: (1) It is very important to reduce the death rate of the middle-old aged patients by strengthening prevention and timely treatment of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, and improve the medical strategies in emergency care, in order to lower the death rate during emergency.(2)It is very important to emphasize safely in production lines and to strengthen traffic regulations in order to reduce the incidence of trauma, thus it is especially traffic accident, expect that the death rate of trauma could be lowered.