Table 5. Comparison of hospital outcomes between older and younger drivers.
| Total drivers (n = 37,511) |
Older drivers (n = 2,361) |
Younger driver (n = 35,150) |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ED disposition | <0.001 a | |||
| Discharge | 29,424 (78.4%) | 1,543 (65.4%) | 27,881 (79.3%) | |
| Transfer | 1,934 (5.2%) | 170 (7.2%) | 1,764 (5.0%) | |
| Admission | 5,899 (15.7%) | 612 (25.9%) | 5,287 (15.0%) | |
| Death | 211 (0.6%) | 34 (1.4%) | 177 (0.5%) | |
| Unknown | 44 (0.1%) | 2 (0.1%) | 42 (0.1%) | |
| Hospital LOS (minute) b | 128 (69–331) | 206 (94–842) | 125 (67–315) | <0.001 b |
| Hospital LOS, discharged form ED (minute) b | 98 (60–177) | 129 (74–232) | 97 (60–174) | <0.001 b |
| Hospital LOS, admitted from ED (minute) b | 14,438 (5.443–28,738) |
15,118 (4,315–32,444) |
14,401 (5,531–28,468) |
0.947 b |
| Hospital death | 302 (0.8%) | 43 (1.8%) | 259 (0.7%) | <0.001 a |
ED = Emergency department, LOS = Length of stay
a P value is the test result of the independent two group proportion difference using Pearson’s chi-squared test.
b Data are shown as median and interquartile ranges. P value is the test result of the independent two group mean difference using Wilcoxon rank sum test.