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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Nov 17.
Published in final edited form as: J Emerg Med. 2014 Jan 10;46(4):582–587. doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2013.08.129

Table 1.

Patient Demographics, Comorbidities, and Mortality

Characteristic Subjects, n = 51
Age, mean (SD)   49.1 (10.4)
Gender, male (%)      45 (88.2)
Alcohol use disorder, severe (%)      51 (100)
History of homelessness (%)      48 (94.1)
Insurance (%)      49 (96.1)
 Medicaid or Medicare (%)      49 (96.1)
 No insurance (%)        2 (3.9)
History of seizure disorder (%)      33 (64.7)
History of traumatic brain injury (%)      20 (39.2)
History of cerebrovascular accident (%)        3 (5.8)
Parkinsonism or cerebral palsy (%)        3 (5.8)
Number of ED visits, median over 3 years (IQR)      53 (42–84)
Number of inpatient days, median over 3 years (IQR)      50 (23–94)
Mortality through April 2012 (%) 14/51 (27.4)

SD = standard deviation; ED = emergency department; IQR = interquartile range.