TABLE 2.
Demographic Characteristics and Incidences
| Admissions |
Patientsa |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | VTE | Orthopaedic Admissions |
VTE per 10,000 Admissions |
Orthopaedic Patients |
VTE per 10,000 Patients |
| N | 74 | 143,808 | 5.1 | 117,676 | 6.3 |
| Age | 13.04 (4.35) | 10.82 (4.98) | 11.05 (5.00) | ||
| Length of Stay | 10.20 (14.25) | 1.45 (2.93) | 1.51 (3.07) | ||
| Admissions per Patient | 1.60 (1.47) | 1.22 (0.66) | |||
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 36 (48.65%) | 76,123 (52.93%) | 4.7 | 62,611 (53.21%) | 5.7 |
| Female | 38 (51.35%) | 67,683 (47.06%) | 5.6 | 55,063 (46.79%) | 6.9 |
| Unknown | 0 (0.00%) | 2 (0.00%) | 0.0 | 2 (0.00%) | 0.0 |
| Ethnicity | |||||
| Hispanic or Latino | 11 (14.86%) | 19,661 (13.67%) | 5.6 | 16,273 (13.83%) | 6.8 |
| Not Hispanic or Latino | 31 (41.89%) | 61,575 (42.82%) | 5.0 | 48,189 (40.95%) | 6.4 |
| Unknown | 32 (43.24%) | 62,572 (43.51%) | 5.1 | 53,214 (45.22%) | 6.0 |
| Race | |||||
| Pacific Islander & Asian | 3 (4.05%) | 2,482 (1.73%) | 12.1 | 2,045 (1.74%) | 14.7 |
| American Indian | 1 (1.35%) | 934 (0.65%) | 10.7 | 774 (0.66%) | 12.9 |
| African American | 8 (10.81%) | 21,751 (15.13%) | 3.7 | 18,011 (15.31%) | 4.4 |
| White | 50 (67.57%) | 99,176 (68.96%) | 5.0 | 80,585 (68.48%) | 6.2 |
| Other | 8 (10.81%) | 14,267 (9.92%) | 5.6 | 11,802 (10.03%) | 6.8 |
| Unknown | 4 (5.41%) | 5,198 (3.61%) | 7.7 | 4,459 (3.79%) | 9.0 |
| Admission Type | |||||
| Ambulatory Surgery | 8 (10.81%) | 77,517 (53.90%) | 1.0 | 68,373 (58.10%)b | 1.2 |
| Unknown | 1 (1.35%) | 413 (0.29%) | 24.2 | 402 (0.34%)b | 24.9 |
| Inpatient | 64 (86.49%) | 55,159 (38.36%) | 11.6 | 47,342 (40.23%)b | 13.5 |
| Observation Unit | 0 (0.00%) | 10,661 (7.41%) | 0.0 | 9,853 (8.37%)b | 0.0 |
| Clinic Visit | 0 (0.00%) | 3 (0.00%) | 0.0 | 3 (0.00%)b | 0.0 |
| All other | 1 (1.35%) | 55 (0.04%) | 181.8 | 55 (0.05%)b | 181.8 |
| Admission Year | |||||
| 2006 | 11 (14.86%) | 20,797 (14.46%) | 5.3 | 19,580 (16.64%)b | 5.6 |
| 2007 | 12 (16.22%) | 25,591 (17.80%) | 4.7 | 23,918 (20.33%)b | 5.0 |
| 2008 | 17 (22.97%) | 28,392 (19.74%) | 6.0 | 26,527 (22.54%)b | 6.0 |
| 2009 | 16 (21.62%) | 30,446 (21.17%) | 5.3 | 28,358 (24.10%)b | 5.6 |
| 2010 | 17 (22.97%) | 31,236 (21.72%) | 5.4 | 29,088 (24.72%)b | 5.8 |
| 2011 (Quarter 1) | 1 (1.35%) | 7,346 (5.11%) | 1.4 | 7,237 (6.15%)b | 1.4 |
a
Some patients had more than one admission.
b
Adds to greater than 100% because some patients had admissions of more than one type, and in more than one year.