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Demographic and Sample Resultsa
| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| Patients | 10,534 (100) |
| Age, median, y | 64 |
| Male | 3896 (37.0) |
| Female | 6638 (63.0) |
| Outpatients | 8337 (79.1) |
| Inpatients | 2197 (20.9) |
| Samples | 15,312 (100) |
| Screening | |
| Negative | 6995 (45.7) |
| Positive | 8317 (54.3) |
| Culture | |
| Negative | 3052 (19.9) |
| Positive | 4485 (29.3) |
| Contaminated | 780 (5.1) |
aValues are presented as number (%) unless otherwise indicated.
