Table 2.
Demographics of inpatients at ANW 16 July 2012—15 December 2014
| Total (N=83 677) | No IM referral (N=69 686) | Referral for IM services* (N=13 991) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age | |||
| ≤39 | 20 899 (25.0%) | 18 449 (26.5%) | 2450 (17.5%) |
| 40 to 59 | 21 481 (25.7%) | 17 053 (24.5%) | 4428 (31.6%) |
| 60 to 79 | 28 077 (33.6%) | 22 371 (32.1%) | 5706 (40.8%) |
| ≥80 | 13 220 (15.8%) | 11 813 (17.0%) | 1407 (10.1%) |
| Gender | |||
| Female | 49 994 (59.7%) | 40 766 (58.5%) | 9228 (66.0%) |
| Male | 33 683 (40.3%) | 28 920 (41.5%) | 4763 (34.0%) |
| Primary race | |||
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1567 (1.9%) | 1349 (1.9%) | 218 (1.6%) |
| Asian | 1619 (1.9%) | 1452 (2.1%) | 167 (1.2%) |
| Black or African-American | 7991 (9.5%) | 7143 (10.3%) | 848 (6.1%) |
| Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander | 151 (0.2%) | 134 (0.2%) | 17 (0.1%) |
| Unknown | 1158 (1.4%) | 1027 (1.5%) | 131 (0.9%) |
| White | 71 191 (85.1%) | 58 581 (84.1%) | 12 610 (90.1%) |
| Ethnicity | |||
| Patient declined | 790 (0.9%) | 687 (1.0%) | 103 (0.7%) |
| Caucasian, not Hispanic/not Latino | 81 226 (97.1%) | 67 532 (96.9%) | 13 694 (97.9%) |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1661 (2.0%) | 1467 (2.1%) | 194 (1.4%) |
| Marital status | |||
| Life partner, married, significant other | 45 604 (54.5%) | 37 686 (54.1%) | 7918 (56.6%) |
| Separated, divorced | 7587 (9.1%) | 6062 (8.7%) | 1525 (10.9%) |
| Widowed | 9562 (11.4%) | 8230 (11.8%) | 1332 (9.5%) |
| Single | 20 812 (24.9%) | 17 608 (25.3%) | 3204 (22.9%) |
| Unknown, other | 112 (0.1%) | 100 (0.1%) | 12 (0.1%) |
| Length of stay | |||
| 1 to 3 | 50 782 (60.7%) | 44 981 (64.5%) | 5801 (41.5%) |
| 4 to 6 | 18 794 (22.5%) | 15 236 (21.9%) | 3558 (25.4%) |
| 7 to 9 | 6635 (7.9%) | 4945 (7.1%) | 1690 (12.1%) |
| ≥10 | 7466 (8.9%) | 4524 (6.5%) | 2942 (21.0%) |
| Clinical service line | |||
| All other | 25 599 (30.6%) | 22 501 (32.3%) | 3098 (22.1%) |
| Cardiovascular | 13 703 (16.4%) | 12 271 (17.6%) | 1432 (10.2%) |
| Mental health | 6272 (7.5%) | 5799 (8.3%) | 473 (3.4%) |
| Mother Baby | 12 503 (14.9%) | 11 414 (16.4%) | 1089 (7.8%) |
| Neuroscience and spine | 12 249 (14.6%) | 9624 (13.8%) | 2625 (18.8%) |
| Oncology | 5813 (6.9%) | 4533 (6.5%) | 1280 (9.1%) |
| Orthopaedic | 6151 (7.4%) | 2839 (4.1%) | 3312 (23.7%) |
| Rehabilitation | 1387 (1.7%) | 705 (1.0%) | 682 (4.9%) |
*‘Referral for IM services’ includes all IM referrals, for acupuncture and general IM consults.
ANW, Abbott Northwestern Hospital; IM, integrative medicine.