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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Emerg Med. 2016 Jan 21;34(5):820–824. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2016.01.023

Table 1.

Population Characteristics

Characteristic Hospital Admission Total Admission Total Admission 95% CI
ACSC (W1 %) ACSC 95% CI Non-ACSC Non-ACSC 95% CI
N=472046 (W=2104909) -- N=970376 (W=4347328) -- N=1442422 (W=6452237) --
Age (years)
 18–24 4.61 4.55–4.67 9.18 9.12–9.23 7.69 7.64–7.73
 25–34 8.26 8.18–8.35 15.70 15.63–15.78 13.28 13.22–13.33
 35–44 15.15 15.05–15.26 19.43 19.35–19.51 18.04 17.97–18.10
 45–54 31.70 31.56–31.84 28.51 28.42–28.60 29.55 29.48–29.63
 55–64 40.27 40.13–40.42 27.18 27.08–27.27 31.45 31.37–31.53
Gender (female) 50.80 50.65–50.94 49.55 49.45–49.66 49.96 49.88–50.04
Insurance
 Medicaid 36.26 36.11–36.40 28.25 28.16–28.35 30.86 30.79–30.94
 Private 41.68 41.53–41.82 48.44 48.34–48.54 46.23 46.15–46.32
 Self-Pay 16.67 16.56–16.78 17.99 17.91–18.07 46.23 46.15–46.32
 Other 5.40 5.33–5.47 5.31 5.27–5.36 5.34 5.31–5.38
Patient Location
 “Central” counties of metro areas of ≥1 million population 32.97 32.84–33.09 32.69 32.61–32.77 32.78 32.73–32.84
 “Fringe” counties of metro areas of ≥1 million population 23.45 23.33–23.56 25.36 25.29–25.44 24.74 24.68–24.79
 Counties in metro areas of 250,000–999,999 population 19.63 19.63–19.74 19.33 19.27–19.40 19.43 19.39–19.47
 Counties in metro areas of 50,000–249,999 population 8.30 8.22–8.38 7.68 7.63–7.73 7.89 7.85–7.92
 Micropolitan counties 9.56 9.49–9.64 9.06 9.01–9.10 9.22 9.19–9.25
 Not metropolitan or micropolitan counties 6.10 6.03–6.16 5.87 5.83–5.91 5.94 5.92–5.97
Zip Code Quartile
 0–25th percentile 32.23 32.09–32.36 26.44 26.35–26.52 28.33 28.26–28.40
 26th to 50th percentile 24.56 24.44–24.69 23.08 22.99–23.16 23.56 23.49–23.63
 51st to 75th percentile 23.19 23.07–23.31 24.69 24.61–24.78 24.20 24.13–24.27
 76th to 100th percentile 16.83 16.73–16.94 22.47 22.39–22.55 20.63 20.57–20.6
 Missing 3.19 3.14–3.24 3.33 3.29–3.36 3.28 3.25–3.31
Mental Health Disorder2 46.04 45.89–46.19 43.97 43.87–44.07 44.65 44.57–44.73
Comorbid Condition
 Diabetes 70.82 70.68–70.95 2.47 2.44–2.50 24.77 24.69–24.84
 HTN3 61.39 61.25–61.53 32.48 32.39–32.58 41.91 41.83–41.99
 CAD4 22.36 22.34–22.48 11.32 11.25–11.38 14.92 14.86–14.98
 COPD5 14.96 14.86–15.07 8.28 8.23–8.34 10.46 10.41–10.51
 CKD6 12.32 12.22–12.42 3.71 3.67–3.75 6.52 6.48–6.56
 Cancer 8.13 8.05–8.21 10.72 10.66–10.79 9.88 9.83–9.93
 CHF7 2.45 2.40–2.49 2.94 2.91–2.97 2.78 2.75–2.81
1

Weighted total,

2

Presence of Mental Health Disorder,

3

HTN=Hypertension,

4

CAD=Coronary Artery Disease,

5

COPD=Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease,

6

CKD=Chronic Kidney Disease,

7

CHF=Congestive Heart Failure