Major post-surgical complications among older adults

	White	n=510,602	Black	n=32,665	Hispanic	n=44,047	Total	n=587,314
Any Complication	213,220	41.8%	16,221	49.7%	18,985	43.1%	248,426	42.3%
GI Bleed & Blood Loss	59,033	11.6%	3,620	11.1%	4,355	9.9%	67,008	11.4%
Respiratory Compromise	28,191	5.5%	2,116	6.5%	2,885	6.6%	33,192	5.7%
Renal Dysfunction	27,340	5.4%	2,927	9.0%	2,886	6.6%	33,153	5.6%
(Delirium) Psychosis	28,824	5.7%	2,120	6.5%	2,116	4.8%	33,060	5.6%
Pneumothorax	22,792	4.5%	1,583	4.9%	2,213	5.0%	26,588	4.5%
Hypotension/Shock	21,328	4.2%	1,671	5.1%	2,226	5.1%	25,225	4.3%
Pneumonia-Other	21,432	4.2%	1,580	4.8%	2,106	4.8%	25,118	4.3%
Cardiac Emergency	17,516	3.4%	1,284	3.9%	1,530	3.5%	20,330	3.5%
Internal Organ Damage	15,178	3.0%	1,199	3.7%	1,456	3.3%	17,833	3.0%
Post-Surgical Complication	15,213	3.0%	1,107	3.4%	1,266	2.9%	17,586	3.0%
Deep Wound Infection	14,215	2.8%	1,525	4.7%	1,661	3.8%	17,401	3.0%
Sepsis	12,285	2.4%	1,614	4.9%	1,894	4.3%	15,793	2.7%
Pressure Ulcer	10,825	2.1%	1,801	5.5%	1,385	3.1%	14,011	2.4%
DIC1	9,981	2.0%	765	2.3%	1,101	2.5%	11,847	2.0%
Intestinal Obstruction	9,302	1.8%	611	1.9%	922	2.1%	10,835	1.8%
DVT2	8,438	1.7%	928	2.8%	870	2.0%	10,236	1.7%
Cardiac Event	8,381	1.6%	368	1.1%	637	1.5%	9,386	1.6%
Pneumonia-Aspiration	8,006	1.6%	561	1.7%	695	1.6%	9,262	1.6%
Seizure	7,383	1.5%	925	2.8%	682	1.6%	8,990	1.5%
Perforation	7,583	1.5%	551	1.7%	641	1.5%	8,775	1.5%
Phlebitis	6,634	1.3%	678	2.1%	677	1.5%	7,989	1.4%
Peritonitis	5,786	1.1%	384	1.2%	643	1.5%	6,813	1.2%
Gangrene/Amputation	3,938	0.8%	1,049	3.2%	970	2.2%	5,957	1.0%
Osteomylitis	3,579	0.7%	741	2.3%	762	1.7%	5,082	0.9%
Pulmonary Embolus	3,979	0.8%	417	1.3%	325	0.7%	4,721	0.8%
Pancreatitis	3,405	0.7%	318	1.0%	562	1.3%	4,285	0.7%
CHF3	3,556	0.7%	206	0.6%	270	0.6%	4,032	0.7%
CVA4	3,027	0.6%	291	0.9%	237	0.5%	3,555	0.6%
Coma	2,937	0.6%	246	0.8%	353	0.8%	3,536	0.6%
Other Respiratory	2,684	0.5%	209	0.6%	219	0.5%	3,112	0.5%
Return to Surgery	2,598	0.5%	244	0.8%	269	0.6%	3,111	0.5%
Orthopedic Complication	2,487	0.5%	145	0.4%	150	0.3%	2,782	0.5%
Necrosis of Bone	2,147	0.4%	81	0.3%	118	0.3%	2,346	0.4%
Hepatitis/Jaundice	1,331	0.3%	86	0.3%	161	0.4%	1,578	0.3%
TIA5	1,039	0.2%	56	0.2%	71	0.2%	1,166	0.2%
Bronchospasm	952	0.2%	99	0.3%	112	0.3%	1,163	0.2%
Nervous System Comp	628	0.1%	87	0.3%	70	0.2%	785	0.1%
Pyelonephritis	271	0.1%	31	0.1%	53	0.1%	355	0.1%
Compartment Syndrome	34	0.0%	2	0.0%	5	0.0%	41	0.0%

Note:

¹Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC)

²Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)

³Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)

⁴Cerebral Vascular Accident (CVA)

⁵Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)