Table 3.

Association between hospital rural status and odds of mortality in intracerebral hemorrhage patients admitted to US hospitals from 2010–2014 according to census regions

Hospital region	All patients
	Weighted N	OR	95% CI	p value
Northeast	52,879	1.66	0.93–2.98	0.087
Midwest	62,030	2.03	1.54–2.68	< 0.001
South	114,769	2.20	1.78–2.74	< 0.001
West	63,218	1.98	1.34–2.90	0.001

Model adjusted for age, sex, race, income, insurance status, Elixhauser comorbidity score, atrial fibrillation, coronary artery disease, dementia, obesity, aphasia, cranial nerve palsy, coma, craniectomy, dysphagia, external ventricular drain/ventriculoperitoneal shunt, hemiplegia, any hydrocephalus, dyslipidemia, do not resuscitate, palliative care, smoking, tracheostomy, gastrostomy, mechanical ventilation, year, chronic alcohol abuse, coagulopathy, weekend admission, all patient refined diagnosis-related groups (APR-DRG) for mortality, APR-DRG for severity of illness, hospital teaching status, yearly intracerebral hemorrhage volume, hospital bedsize, inter-hospital transfer