TABLE 3—
Description of Study Population by Racial/Ethnic Group and Stay in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Among All Hospitals: Massachusetts, 2009
| Stay in ICU, No. (%) or Mean ±SD |
No Stay in ICU, No. (%) or Mean ±SD |
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| Non-Hispanic White (n = 337) | Hispanic (n = 57) | Non-Hispanic Black (n = 68) | Other (n = 65) | Non-Hispanic White (n = 2807) | Hispanic (n = 647) | Non-Hispanic Black (n = 510) | Other (n = 383) | |
| Gender | ||||||||
| Male | 196 (57) | 23 (43) | 43 (62) | 34 (58) | 1388 (50) | 335 (52) | 251 (49) | 196 (51) |
| Female | 149 (43) | 30 (57) | 26 (38) | 25 (42) | 1413 (50) | 315 (48) | 258 (51) | 192 (49) |
| Age group, y | ||||||||
| < 18 | 79 (24) | 32 (62) | 29 (42) | 31 (53) | 765 (28) | 333 (52) | 212 (42) | 220 (58) |
| 18–44 | 93 (28) | 10 (19) | 21 (30) | 12 (21) | 773 (28) | 188 (29) | 161 (32) | 86 (22) |
| 45–64 | 159 (48) | 10 (19) | 19 (28) | 15 (26) | 1201 (44) | 123 (19) | 133 (26) | 78 (20) |
| Age | 38 ±22 | 20 ±21 | 26 ±21 | 24 ±23 | 35 ±22 | 22 ±22 | 26 ±21 | 21 ±22 |
| % of population below poverty level | ||||||||
| 0–5.9 | 130 (38) | 2(4) | 8 (12) | 24 (42) | 921 (34) | 22 (3) | 39 (8) | 75 (20) |
| 6.0–11.9 | 100 (29) | 1(2) | 9 (13) | 7 (12) | 934 (34) | 59 (9) | 57 (11) | 93 (25) |
| 12.0–18.9 | 68 (20) | 16 (31) | 22 (32) | 16 (28) | 563 (20) | 170 (27) | 159 (32) | 102 (27) |
| ≥ 19 | 43 (13) | 32 (63) | 29 (43) | 10 (18) | 323 (12) | 390 (61) | 249 (49) | 107 (28) |
| Deaths | 13 (4) | 3 (5) | 0 (0) | 3 (5) | 6 (0) | 1 (0) | 1 (0) | 1 (0) |
| Admitted through ED | 186 (54) | 22 (42) | 41 (59) | 23 (39) | 1370 (49) | 228 (35) | 258 (51) | 147 (38) |
| Admitted through OP | 20 (6) | 1 (2) | 2 (3) | 1 (2) | 282 (10) | 45 (7) | 25 (5) | 25 (6) |
| Length of stay, d | 6.8 ±9 | 10.2 ±12 | 5.6 ±6 | 5.2 ±6 | 3.2 ±3 | 3.0 ±3 | 2.8 ±3 | 2.7 ±3 |
Note. ED = emergency department; OP = outpatient department. The total study population was 4874. We calculated the proportions using Hospital Discharge Database data for 2009.