Table 1.
Death and response rate in relation to patient characteristics
| N | Death rate n (%) | Response rate* n (%) | P-value for response rate* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 5760 | 541 (9.4%) | 2487 (47.7%) | |
| Gender | 0.400 | |||
| Females | 2995 | 279 (9.3%) | 1273 (46.9%) | |
| Males | 2710 | 255 (9.4%) | 1193 (48.6%) | |
| Age | < 0.001 | |||
| Under 30 | 355 | 2 (0.6%) | 108 (30.6%) | |
| 30-39 | 368 | 4 (1.1%) | 117 (32.1%) | |
| 40-49 | 504 | 4 (0.8%) | 200 (40.0%) | |
| 50-59 | 516 | 19 (3.7%) | 258 (51.9%) | |
| 60-69 | 823 | 69 (8.4%) | 440 (58.4%) | |
| 70-79 | 1301 | 137 (10.5%) | 636 (54.6%) | |
| 80-89 | 1441 | 219 (15.2%) | 594 (48.6%) | |
| 90 or above | 422 | 82 (19.4%) | 122 (35.9%) | |
| Centre | < 0.001 | |||
| Barnsley | 1673 | 127 (7.6%) | 779 (50.4%) | |
| Rotherham | 1660 | 188 (11.3%) | 733 (49.8%) | |
| Sheffield | 2427 | 226 (9.3%) | 975 (44.3%) | |
| Hospital admission within the last 30 days | 0.007 | |||
| Yes | 879 | 93 (10.6%) | 361 (45.9%) | |
| No | 2734 | 259 (9.5%) | 1138 (46.0%) | |
| Unknown | 2147 | 189 (8.8%) | 988 (50.5%) | |
| ICD-10 code** | < 0.001 | |||
| Certain infectious and parasitic diseases | 118 | 24 (20.3%) | 47 (50.0%) | |
| Diseases of the circulatory system | 1074 | 148 (13.8%) | 506 (54.6%) | |
| Diseases of the digestive system | 530 | 29 (5.5%) | 228 (45.5%) | |
| Diseases of the genitourinary system | 296 | 22 (7.4%) | 114 (41.6%) | |
| Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue | 114 | 1 (0.9%) | 59 (52.2%) | |
| Diseases of the nervous system | 180 | 6 (3.3%) | 94 (54.0%) | |
| Diseases of the respiratory system | 1060 | 174 (16.4%) | 451 (50.9%) | |
| Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue | 50 | 4 (8.0%) | 12 (26.1%) | |
| Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases | 96 | 4 (4.2%) | 32 (34.8%) | |
| Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes | 845 | 47 (5.6%) | 339 (42.5%) | |
| Mental and behavioural disorders | 120 | 4 (3.3%) | 42 (36.2%) | |
| Neoplasms | 110 | 46 (41.8%) | 23 (35.9%) | |
| Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified | 1088 | 24 (2.2%) | 508 (47.7%) | |
| Other | 60 | 2 (3.3%) | 29 (50.0%) | |
| Unknown | 19 | 6 (31.6%) | 3 (23.1%) | |
| History of chronic respiratory disease | 746 | 96 (12.9%) | 359 (55.2%) | < 0.001 |
| History of heart disease | 1902 | 211 (11.1%) | 898 (53.1%) | < 0.001 |
| History of active malignancy | 266 | 84 (31.6%) | 86 (47.3%) | 0.91 |
| History of asthma | 661 | 44 (6.7%) | 291 (47.2%) | 0.792 |
| History of diabetes | 896 | 79 (8.8%) | 399 (48.8%) | 0.464 |
| History of epilepsy | 235 | 18 (7.7%) | 94 (43.3%) | 0.192 |
| On warfarin therapy | 319 | 33 (10.3%) | 180 (62.9%) | < 0.001 |
| On steroid therapy | 296 | 44 (14.9%) | 146 (57.9%) | < 0.001 |
* excluding deaths within 30 days
**primary discharge diagnosis