Table 1.

Distribution of the Population by Selected Characteristics

		2011 Fall‐Related Hospitalizations among Those Aged 65 and Older Being Admitted from Non‐Institutionalized Settings		2012 Fall‐Related Hospitalizations among Those Aged 65 and Older Being Admitted from Non‐Institutionalized Settings		2013 Fall‐Related Hospitalizations among Those Aged 65 and Older Being Admitted from Non‐Institutionalized Settings
		N	Percent	N	Percent	N	Percent
Discharge status	Institution	27682	66.01	28879	65.65	30787	66.85
Category A	Home (home and/or home health)	14251	33.99	15110	34.35	15269	33.15
Category B	Home (routine care only)	9254	25.05	9646	25.04	9765	24.08
Category C	Home health only	4997	15.29	5464	15.91	5504	15.17
Rurality	Large central metropolitan	18332	43.00	19185	42.91	20044	42.68
	Large fringe metropolitan	7237	16.98	7851	17.56	8518	18.14
	Medium metropolitan	7455	17.49	8264	18.48	8499	18.10
	Small metropolitan	3616	8.48	3373	7.54	3571	7.60
	Micropolitan	3190	7.48	3225	7.21	3357	7.15
	Noncore	2799	6.57	2810	6.29	2969	6.32
Sex	Female	30236	68.97	31528	68.42	32830	67.76
	Male	13604	31.03	14551	31.58	15619	32.24
Race/ethnicity	American Indian/Alaska Native	411	0.98	348	0.83	108	0.23
	Asian or Pacific Islander	439	1.04	433	1.03	748	1.62
	Black	2060	4.89	2020	4.81	2309	5.01
	White	31873	75.69	31240	74.36	34455	74.75
	Hispanic	7329	17.40	7971	18.97	8474	18.38
Age group	65–74 years	10623	24.23	11463	24.88	12473	25.74
	75–84 years	17189	39.21	17813	38.66	18674	38.54
	85+ years	16029	36.56	16804	36.47	17303	35.71
Risk of mortality	Minor	9705	22.14	9448	20.50	10779	22.25
	Moderate	20108	45.87	20517	44.52	21256	43.88
	Major	9960	22.72	11319	24.56	13007	26.85
	Extreme	4068	9.28	4796	10.41	3404	7.03
Teaching status	Non‐teaching	35152	80.21	36857	80.01	38418	79.34
	Teaching	8673	19.79	9209	19.99	10003	20.66
Payment source	TV Title‐V or other federal program	34	0.08	63	0.14	64	0.13
	Veteran Administration Plan or CHAMPUS	147	0.34	147	0.32	189	0.39
	Medicare	40395	92.86	42623	92.63	44068	91.06
	Medicaid	278	0.64	238	0.52	273	0.56
	Charity, indigent or unknown	96	0.22	571	1.24	485	1.00
	Workers compensation health claim	152	0.35	130	0.28	145	0.30
	Private	2399	5.51	2243	4.87	3168	6.55
Source of admission	Clinical referral	3200	7.35	3004	6.55	3221	6.68
	Non‐health care facility	40342	92.65	42864	93.45	44977	93.32
	Transfer from health care facility	Excluded from analyses	Excluded from analyses	Excluded from analyses	Excluded from analyses	Excluded from analyses	Excluded from analyses