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. 2019 Jul 2;6(5):965–974. doi: 10.1002/ehf2.12488

Table 1.

Characteristics by statistical regions

Osrednje‐slovenska Pomurska Podravska Koroška Savinjska Zasavska Posavska Jugovzhodna Slovenija Gorenjska Primorsko‐notranjska Goriška Obalno‐kraška
Population, N (%) 427 103 (25.8) 97 599 (5.9) 265 031 (16) 58 485 (3.5) 208 805 (12.6) 36 423 (2.2) 56 925 (3.4) 113 105 (6.8) 161 878 (9.8) 42 397 (2.6) 96 915 (5.8) 92 144 (5.6)
HF hospitalizations, N (%) 8098 (18.6) 3782 (8.7) 7745 (17.8) 1643 (3.8) 5183 (11.9) 1531 (3.5) 2424 (5.6) 2854 (6.5) 3865 (8.9) 1012 (2.3) 3249 (7.5) 2220 (5.1)
Male sex (%) 45.8 42.6 45.2 46.1 46.6 44.0 46.0 47.4 45.2 46.2 45.9 49.3
Age (years), median (IQR) 79 (71–85) 78 (69–84) 78 (70–84) 77 (69–83) 77 (69–83) 78 (69–84) 78 (70–84) 77 (70–83) 79 (71–84) 79 (72–85) 80 (72–85) 79 (71–85)
Hospitalization length (days), median (IQR) 9 (4–16) 9 (5–15) 9 (5–15) 7 (3–12) 7 (3–12) 8 (4–15) 8 (4–14) 10 (4–17) 7 (4–13) 8 (4–14) 8 (4–13) 7 (4–12)
Arterial hypertension (%) 64.3 51.9 49.2 73.1 53.7 66.4 67.0 69.8 61.1 63.0 50.8 59.8
Atrial fibrillation (%) 37.6 33.9 31.8 38.8 35.7 35.7 29.8 43.0 34.0 38.1 30.9 39.0
Myocardial infarction (%) 8.8 6.4 7.5 11.7 6.8 10.4 5.2 7.7 7.1 8.5 7.0 10.2
IHD (%) 27.7 18.2 18.3 24.4 22.1 29.1 15.3 22.3 22.2 24.6 20.0 27.3
Diabetes mellitus (%) 24.7 26.4 21.3 25.9 24.7 28.9 21.9 23.3 18.3 23.4 21.5 25.6
CKD (%) 14.9 15.5 13.1 9.1 13.7 13.9 10.2 14.6 12.6 14.3 12.3 12.5
COPD (%) 8.4 7.1 8.0 6.9 7.2 11.8 5.2 8.3 6.3 10.3 8.2 8.4
Cancer (%) 8.7 8.6 10.0 9.6 7.2 8.0 6.7 9.1 7.4 6.7 13.1 7.4
Stroke (%) 9.7 11.2 12.4 8.4 9.5 8.2 12.2 11.4 9.7 9.4 9.3 7.7
Pulmonary disease (%) 46.4 37.9 43.5 45.2 42.2 46.2 33.3 49.8 39.7 43.3 39.7 35.1
Pneumonia (%) 17.3 18.0 19.4 14.3 14.7 15.2 10.9 16.2 14.2 14.7 10.5 10.2
Endpoints
In‐hospital mortality, N (%) 1323 (16.3) 687 (18.2) 2351 (30.4) 304 (18.5) 728 (14) 179 (11.7) 425 (17.5) 460 (16.1) 503 (13) 145 (14.3) 801 (24.7) 329 (14.8)
30 day mortality, N (%) 351 (5.2) 136 (4.4) 259 (4.8) 59 (4.4) 220 (4.9) 66 (4.9) 75 (3.8) 112 (4.7) 141 (4.2) 42 (4.8) 133 (5.4) 85 (4.5)
1 year mortality, N (%) 1569 (23.2) 640 (20.7) 1293 (24) 275 (20.5) 966 (21.7) 298 (22) 400 (20) 493 (20.6) 719 (21.4) 214 (24.7) 609 (24.9) 389 (20.6)
30 day readmission, N (%) 637 (9.4) 356 (11.5) 619 (11.5) 220 (16.4) 525 (11.8) 174 (12.9) 260 (13) 315 (13.2) 399 (11.9) 86 (9.9) 284 (11.6) 241 (12.7)
1 year readmission, N (%) 1663 (24.5) 830 (26.8) 1494 (27.7) 407 (30.4) 1167 (26.2) 386 (28.6) 562 (28.1) 656 (27.4) 882 (26.2) 206 (23.8) 690 (28.2) 554 (29.3)

CKD, chronic kidney disease; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; HF, heart failure; IHD, ischaemic heart disease; IQR, interquartile range.