. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 25.

Published in final edited form as: J Hosp Med. 2007 Jan;2(1):5–12. doi: 10.1002/jhm.143

Table 1.

Characteristics of 35,692 unique patients with a CBC and automated differential count.

Characteristic	Value
Average Age (y)	46.2 ± 17.7
Average LOS (d)	6.5 ± 8.1
Male (%)	55.4
Race
White (%)	52.9
Black (%)	43.4
Other (%)	3.7
Average Charlson Index	0.83 ± 1.5
Most Common Admission Diagnoses (ICD9)	Chest Pain
	Pneumonia, Organism Unspecified
	Other Symptoms Involving Abd or Pelvis
	Unspecified Heart Failure
	Intermediate Coronary Syndrome
	Unspecified Hemorrhage of GI Tract
	Acute but Ill-defined Cerebrovascular Disease
	Diseases of Pancreas
	Cellulitis and Abscess of Leg except Foot
	Convulsions