Table 1.

Characteristics of patients at Columbia University Medical Center, August 2013–August 2015

	Total	DNR Note/Order Present	ICD-9 V49.86 Code Present
	n (%) (N = 100,910)	n (%) (N = 7,369)	n (%) (N = 5,428)
Age, yr
18–64	61,828 (61.3)	1,222 (18.9)	960 (17.7)
65–74	17,267 (17.1)	1,176 (18.2)	917 (16.9)
75–84	13,390 (13.3)	1,669 (25.8)	1,422 (26.2)
≥85	8,424 (8.4)	2,409 (37.2)	2,129 (39.2)
Sex
Female	58,578 (58.1)	3,840 (59.3)	3,261 (60.1)
Male	42,332 (42.0)	2,636 (40.7)	2,167 (39.9)
Race
White	38,442 (38.1)	2,400 (37.1)	2,022 (37.3)
Black	12,241 (12.1)	737 (11.4)	608 (11.2)
Asian	2,778 (2.8)	122 (1.9)	100 (1.8)
Other/declined	47,449 (47.0)	3,217 (49.7)	2,698 (49.7)
Charlson comorbidity index
0	48,567 (48.1)	1,237 (19.1)	894 (16.5)
1–2	29,177 (28.9)	2,126 (32.8)	1,843 (34.0)
≥3	23,166 (23.0)	3,113 (48.1)	2,691 (49.6)
Metastatic cancer	10,830 (10.7)	1,421 (21.9)	1,188 (21.9)
Pneumonia	1,771 (1.8)	363 (20.5)	326 (18.4)
Heart failure	15,784 (15.6)	2,193 (13.9)	1,950 (12.4)
Acute myocardial infarction	2,410 (2.4)	348 (14.4)	308 (12.8)
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	1,196 (1.2)	153 (12.8)	119 (10.0)
Stroke	1,921 (1.9)	305 (15.9)	265 (13.8)
Admitted to intensive care	14,142 (14.0)	2,084 (14.7)	1,573 (11.1)
Discharge destination
Home	61,050 (60.5)	629 (9.7)	524 (9.7)
Home with health services	21,779 (21.6)	1,505 (23.2)	1,338 (24.7)
Skilled nursing facility	9,203 (9.1)	1,508 (23.3)	1,298 (23.9)
Hospice	850 (0.8)	620 (9.6)	576 (10.6)
Other facility	861 (0.9)	199 (3.1)	165 (3.0)
Rehabilitation facility	2,704 (2.7)	87 (1.3)	77 (1.4)
Other	1,969 (2.0)	22 (0.3)	18 (0.3)
Died in hospital	2,453 (2.4)	1,905 (29.4)	1,431 (26.4)

Definition of abbreviations: DNR = do not resuscitate; ICD-9 = International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision.