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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 6.
Published in final edited form as: N Engl J Med. 2009 Jul 2;361(1):22–31. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa0810245

Table 1.

Percent of Patients Who Underwent In-Hospital CPR Surviving to Hospital Discharge by Patient and Hospital Characteristics

n (%) % Surviving*
Total 433,985 18.3
Patient Characteristics
Sex
    Men 219,377 (50.5) 17.5 [17.3, 17.6]
    Women 214,608 (49.5) 19.2 [19.1, 19.4]
Age
    65-69 63,299 (14.6) 22.2 [21.9, 22.6]
    70-74 84,353 (19.4) 20.9 [20.6, 21.1]
    75-79 98,263(22.6) 19.1 [18.9, 19.3]
    80-84 91,471 (21.1) 17.0 [16.8, 17.3]
    85-89 62,530 (14.4) 15.1 [14.8, 15.4]
    ≥90 34,069 (7.9) 12.2 [11.9, 12.6]
Race
    White 352,173 (81.2) 19.2 [19.1, 19.3]
    Black 59,682 (13.8) 14.3 [14.0, 14.6]
    All Other Races 22,130 (5.1) 15.9 [15.4, 16.4]
Deyo-Charlson score
    0 77,349 (17.8) 18.7 [18.5, 19.0]
    1 145,627 (33.6) 19.1 [18.9, 19.3]
    2 116,401 (26.8) 18.9 [18.7, 19.2]
    ≥3 94,608 (21.8) 16.1 [15.8, 16.3]
SNF Residence
    Yes 10,924 (2.5) 11.5 [10.9, 12.1]
    No 423,061 (97.5) 18.5 [18.4, 18.6]
Zipcode Median Income
    < $15,000 10,626 (2.5) 13.3 [12.7, 14.0]
    $15,000-29,999 87,164 (20.1) 17.9 [17.7, 18.2]
    $30,000-44,999 178,536 (41.1) 19.1 [19.0, 19.3]
    $45,000-59999 70,429 (16.2) 18.4 [18.1, 18.7]
    $60,000-74,999 22,083(5.1) 18.3 [17.8, 18.8]
    $75,000+ 15,458 (3.6) 17.6 [17.0, 18.2]
    No income data 49,489 (11.5) 17.4 [17.1, 17.7]
Diagnoses
Myocardial Infarction
    Yes 92,968 (21.4) 20.4 [20.1, 20.7]
    No 340,999 (78.6) 17.9 [17.7, 17.9]
Congestive Heart Failure
    Yes 168,515 (38.3) 20.3 [20.1, 20.6]
    No 265,470 (61.2) 17.1 [16.9, 17.2]
Stroke
    Yes 38,121 (8.8) 18.2 [17.8, 18.5]
    No 395,864 (91.2) 18.3 [18.2, 18.4]
Diabetes Mellitus
    Yes 78,840 (18.2) 17.3 [17.0, 17.6]
    No 355,145 (81.8) 18.6 [18.4, 18.7]
COPD
    Yes 116,997 (27.0) 18.9 [18.6, 19.1]
    No 316,988 (73.0) 18.2 [18.0, 18.3]
Hospital Characteristics
Rurality
    Metropolitan 345,808 (79.7) 18.0 [17.9, 18.1]
    Non-Metro 73,397 (16.9) 21.1 [20.9, 21.5]
    Unknown 14,780 (3.4) 12.6 [12.0, 13.1]
Teaching Status
    Teaching Hosp. 144,385 (33.3) 17.4 [17.2, 17.6]
    Non-Teaching 288,774 (66.7) 18.8 [18.6, 18.9]
    Unknown 826 (0.2) 26.3 [23.3, 29.3]
Hospital Size
    <250 beds 165,514 (38.1) 19.6 [19.4, 19.8]
    250-449 beds 142,462 (32.8) 17.7 [17.5, 17.9]
    450 + beds 125,183 (28.9) 17.3 [17.1, 17.5]
    Unknown 826 (0.2) 26.3 [23.3, 29.3]
*

χ2 p<0.001 for all between-category differences, except for stroke whose p=0.32.

Residence at a skilled nursing facility prior to hospital admission

Diagnoses coded during the hospitalization at which CPR was performed.