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. 2014 Jul 1;3:332. doi: 10.1186/2193-1801-3-332

Table 2.

Demographic characteristics of the study cohort

Variable No status epilepticus Percentage With status epilepticus Percentage
Number of SDH patients 1575834 99.50% 7421 0.5
1° SDH/2° SDH 1130031 / 445803 71.7%/ 28.3% 4337 / 3084 58.4%/ 41.6%
Age [Mean + SD] 69.64 + 18.07 65.53 + 17.1
Female/Male 646092 / 929742 41%/ 59% 2930 / 4491 39.5% / 60.5%
Race*
White 884516 56.10% 3760 50.70%
Black 127327 8.10% 1147 15.50%
Hispanic 95653 6.10% 581 7.80%
Asian 39711 2.50% 141 1.90%
Native American 6303 0.40% 59 0.80%
Other 30256 1.90% 159 2.10%
Not stated 391910 24.90% 1573 21.20%
Hospital characteristics*
Rural 111254 7% 323 4.30%
Urban private 913669 58% 4405 59.40%
Urban academic 550912 35% 2693 36.30%
Northeast 307918 19.50% 1479 19.90%
Midwest 352829 22.40% 1523 20.50%
South 586368 37.20% 2758 37.20%
West 328561 20.90% 1660 22.40%
Small to medium (<300 beds) 111096 7% 470 6.40%
Large (300–500 beds) 330295 21% 1633 22.00%
Extra-large (>500 beds) 1134285 72% 5317 71.60%
Major organ dysfunction
Respiratory 133631 8.50% 2701 36.40%
Hematological 92659 5.90% 804 10.80%
Hepatic 11188 0.70% 185 2.50%
Neurological 107472 6.80% 1492 20.10%
Metabolic 26632 1.69% 498 6.71%
Renal 137728 8.74% 1322 17.82%
Cardiovascular 55154 3.50% 555 7.48%
Outcome
In hospital mortality 210531 13.40% 1937 26.10%

SDH: Sub-Dural Hematoma/*: Some Data is missing.