Table 1.
Demographics, regional variation, and outcomes of patients admitted to hospital (upper half) and patients admitted to intensive care units (lower half) overall and per half-years.
| Variable | Overall | 2020 | 2021 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Half-year 1 | Half-year 2 | Half-year 3 | Half-year 4 | |||
| Patients Admitted to Hospital | n of patients | 68,193 | 3191 | 27,409 | 20,066 | 17,527 |
| Sex (n, %) | ||||||
| Female | 32,319 (47.4%) | 1432 (44.9%) | 13,004 (47.4%) | 9462 (47.2%) | 8421 (48.0%) | |
| Male | 35,874 (52.6%) | 1759 (55.1%) | 14,405 (52.6%) | 10,604 (52.8%) | 9106 (52.0%) | |
| Age category [years] (n, %) | ||||||
| up to 19 | 1774 (2.6%) | 40 (1.3%) | 511 (1.9%) | 516 (2.6%) | 707 (4.0%) | |
| 20–39 | 5361 (7.9%) | 216 (6.8%) | 1594 (5.8%) | 1667 (8.3%) | 1884 (10.7%) | |
| 40–44 | 2041 (3.0%) | 81 (2.5%) | 593 (2.2%) | 672 (3.3%) | 695 (4.0%) | |
| 45–49 | 2975 (4.4%) | 151 (4.7%) | 879 (3.2%) | 1030 (5.1%) | 915 (5.2%) | |
| 50–54 | 4364 (6.4%) | 210 (6.6%) | 1471 (5.4%) | 1466 (7.3%) | 1217 (6.9%) | |
| 55–59 | 5355 (7.9%) | 215 (6.7%) | 1900 (6.9%) | 1803 (9.0%) | 1437 (8.2%) | |
| 60–64 | 5545 (8.1%) | 262 (8.2%) | 2040 (7.4%) | 1812 (9.0%) | 1431 (8.2%) | |
| 65–69 | 5811 (8.5%) | 276 (8.6%) | 2325 (8.5%) | 1781 (8.9%) | 1429 (8.2%) | |
| 70–74 | 7048 (10.3%) | 334 (10.5%) | 2975 (10.9%) | 2077 (10.4%) | 1662 (9.5%) | |
| 75–79 | 8065 (11.8%) | 433 (13.6%) | 3643 (13.3%) | 2223 (11.1%) | 1766 (10.1%) | |
| 80–84 | 9003 (13.2%) | 430 (13.5%) | 4225 (15.4%) | 2286 (11.4%) | 2062 (11.8%) | |
| 85–89 | 6309 (9.3%) | 294 (9.2%) | 3094 (11.3%) | 1533 (7.6%) | 1388 (7.9%) | |
| 90 and above | 4542 (6.7%) | 249 (7.8%) | 2159 (7.9%) | 1200 (6.0%) | 934 (5.3%) | |
| Region (n, %) | ||||||
| East | 27,952 (41.0%) | 1429 (44.8%) | 9923 (36.2%) | 10,038 (50.0%) | 6562 (37.4%) | |
| North | 18,021 (26.4%) | 595 (18.6%) | 7905 (28.8%) | 4092 (20.4%) | 5429 (31.0%) | |
| South | 14,389 (21.1%) | 596 (18.7%) | 6279 (22.9%) | 4009 (20.0%) | 3505 (20.0%) | |
| West | 7831 (11.5%) | 571 (17.9%) | 3302 (12.0%) | 1927 (9.6%) | 2031 (11.6%) | |
| In-hospital mortality (n, %) | 11,770 (17.3%) | 639 (20.0%) | 5145 (18.8%) | 3177 (15.8%) | 2809 (16.0%) | |
| Patients Admitted to Intensive Care Units | n of patients | 8304 | 468 | 2943 | 2643 | 2250 |
| Sex (n, %) | ||||||
| Female | 2919 (35.2%) | 154 (32.9%) | 1045 (35.5%) | 943 (35.7%) | 777 (34.5%) | |
| Male | 5385 (64.8%) | 314 (67.1%) | 1898 (64.5%) | 1700 (64.3%) | 1473 (65.5%) | |
| Age category [years] (n, %) | ||||||
| up to 19 | 115 (1.4%) | 4 (0.9%) | 33 (1.1%) | 34 (1.3%) | 44 (2.0%) | |
| 20–39 | 410 (4.9%) | 26 (5.6%) | 124 (4.2%) | 154 (5.8%) | 106 (4.7%) | |
| 40–44 | 233 (2.8%) | 11 (2.4%) | 85 (2.9%) | 76 (2.9%) | 61 (2.7%) | |
| 45–49 | 368 (4.4%) | 23 (4.9%) | 121 (4.1%) | 122 (4.6%) | 102 (4.5%) | |
| 50–54 | 627 (7.6%) | 33 (7.1%) | 239 (8.1%) | 189 (7.2%) | 166 (7.4%) | |
| 55–59 | 878 (10.6%) | 46 (9.8%) | 284 (9.7%) | 303 (11.5%) | 245 (10.9%) | |
| 60–64 | 973 (11.7%) | 55 (11.8%) | 359 (12.2%) | 288 (10.9%) | 271 (12.0%) | |
| 65–69 | 1116 (13.4%) | 68 (14.5%) | 392 (13.3%) | 346 (13.1%) | 310 (13.8%) | |
| 70–74 | 1238 (14.9%) | 75 (16.0%) | 435 (14.8%) | 405 (15.3%) | 323 (14.4%) | |
| 75–79 | 1078 (13.0%) | 67 (14.3%) | 404 (13.7%) | 330 (12.5%) | 277 (12.3%) | |
| 80–84 | 893 (10.8%) | 38 (8.1%) | 343 (11.7%) | 269 (10.2%) | 243 (10.8%) | |
| 85–89 | 288 (3.5%) | 18 (3.8%) | 94 (3.2%) | 98 (3.7%) | 78 (3.5%) | |
| 90 and above | 87 (1.0%) | 4 (0.9%) | 30 (1.0%) | 29 (1.1%) | 24 (1.1%) | |
| Region (n, %) | ||||||
| East | 2899 (34.9%) | 173 (37.0%) | 954 (32.4%) | 999 (37.8%) | 773 (34.4%) | |
| North | 2235 (26.9%) | 126 (26.9%) | 852 (29.0%) | 653 (24.7%) | 604 (26.8%) | |
| South | 2078 (25.0%) | 112 (23.9%) | 759 (25.8%) | 641 (24.3%) | 566 (25.2%) | |
| West | 1092 (13.2%) | 57 (12.2%) | 378 (12.8%) | 350 (13.2%) | 307 (13.6%) | |
| SAPS 3 (median, IQR) | 52 (45–60) | 51 (45–60) | 52 (45–60) | 52 (45–60) | 52 (45–61) | |
| In-hospital mortality (n, %) | 3047 (36.7%) | 180 (38.5%) | 1052 (35.7%) | 992 (37.5%) | 823 (36.6%) | |