Table 1. Sociodemographic and Clinical Characteristics of Patients Hospitalized in a Respiratory Care Unit.

Variables	Total		Infectious		Chronic		Acute		Neoplasia
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Sex
Male	181	57.1	99	66.4	21	42.0	24	63.2	37	46.3
Female	136	42.9	50	33.6	29	58.0	14	36.8	43	53.8
Socioeconomic level
C+	3	1.0	2	1.4	-	-	-	-	1	1.3
C	22	7.0	10	6.8	3	6.0	-	-	9	11.3
D+	80	25.3	38	25.7	11	22.0	11	29.0	20	25.0
D	110	34.8	52	35.1	19	38.0	13	34.2	26	32.5
E	101	32.0	46	31.1	17	34.0	14	36.8	24	30.0
Origin
Rural	93	29.4	43	28.9	16	32.0	9	23.7	25	31.7
Urban	223	70.6	106	71.1	34	68.0	29	76.3	54	68.4
Occupation
Employee	150	47.5	67	45.0	19	38.0	17	46.0	47	58.8
Unemployed	166	52.5	82	55.0	31	62.0	20	54.1	33	41.3
Diabetes mellitus
No	225	70.98	103	69.13	34	68	33	86.84	55	68.75
Yes	92	29.02	46	30.87	16	32	5	13.16	25	31.25
Arterial hypertension
No	231	72.87	117	78.52	22	44	32	84.21	60	75
Yes	86	27.13	32	21.48	28	56	6	15.79	20	25
Oxygen dependence
No	157	49.5	83	55.7	15	30.0	21	55.3	38	47.5
Yes	160	50.5	66	44.3	35	70.0	17	44.7	42	52.5