Table 1. . Characteristics of 100% sample of stroke patient cohort.

Variable	Mean (SD) Range	n (%)
Patient characteristics
Age	76.54 (11.06) 65–98
Female sex		11,756 (55.37)
Race
– White		17,071 (80.41)
– Black		2911 (13.71)
– Hispanic		412 (1.94)
– Other		836 (3.94)
Charlson comorbidity score (max possible 24)	3.86 (2.44) 1–19
Acute hospital length of stay	4.90 (4.70) 0–67
SASI Score (max possible 56)	3.54 (4.94) 0–47
Diagnoses
Aphasia		4343 (20.46)
Coma		170 (0.80)
Dysarthria and/or dysphagia		5147 (24.24)
Hemiplegia or monoplegia		5507 (25.94)
Neglect		285 (1.34)
Procedures
Nutritional infusion		79 (0.37)
Tracheostomy and/or ventilation		867 (4.08)
Outcome
Died in 30 days or discharged to hospice		2533 (11.93)

n = 21,230.

SASI: Stroke Administrative Severity Index; SD: Standard deviation.