Table 2.
Proportion of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) Patients who were hospitalized for CAP, readmitted (any cause) within 30-days of hospital discharge, or died in the same year as the CAP event by risk status and age Group, 2011 (n = 34,101)
| Risk of CAP* | Low n (%) | Moderate n (%) | High n (%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitalized | 30-Day all-cause readmission | Died | Hospitalized | 30-Day all-cause readmission | Died | Hospitalized | 30-Day all-cause readmission | Died | |
| Age group | |||||||||
| 18–49 (n = 3,557) | 234 (12) | 23 (10) | 21 (1) | 315 (26) | 40 (13) | 32 (3) | 159 (42) | 30 (19) | 37 (10) |
| 50–64 (n = 12,962) | 409 (20) | 32 (8) | 85 (4) | 3,072 (43) | 475 (15) | 603 (8) | 2,019 (55) | 409 (20) | 978 (27) |
| 65–79 (n = 10,515) | 230 (25) | 24 (10) | 82 (9) | 2,451 (46) | 348 (14) | 786 (15) | 2,371 (55) | 433 (18) | 1,353 (32) |
| ≥80 (n = 7,067) | 302 (45) | 40 (13) | 189 (28) | 1,798 (56) | 245 (14) | 1,010 (31) | 1,905 (60) | 278 (15) | 1,309 (41) |
| All Ages | 1,175 (21) | 119 (10) | 377 (7) | 7,636 (45) | 1,108 (15) | 2,431 (14) | 6,454 (56) | 1,150 (18) | 3,677 (32) |
* Low risk was defined as immunocompetent without chronic medical conditions. Moderate risk was defined as immunocompetent with ≥1 chronic medical condition. High risk was defined as immunocompromised