Table 4.
ED visit and admission data categorized by sex and age-group
| Women | (%) | Men | (%) | Total (100%) | young-adult | (%) | adult | (%) | young-older adult | (%) | old-older adult | (%) | Total (100%) | |
| ED visits N (%) | 181,884 | (54.6) | 151,144 | (45.4) | 333,028 | 135,763 | (40.8) | 108,830 | (32.7) | 71,602 | (21.5) | 16,833 | (5.1) | 333,028 |
| Referred presentation N (%) | 6808 | (40.3) | 10,067 | (59.7) | 16,875 | 5473 | (32.4) | 5144 | (30.5) | 4428 | (26.2) | 1830 | (10.8) | 16,875 |
| Admissions N (%) | 24,429 | (46.5) | 28,163 | (53.5) | 52,592 | 13,708 | (26.1) | 17,448 | (33.2) | 16,464 | (31.3) | 4972 | (9.5) | 52,592 |
| ICU admissions N (%) | 6194 | (45.5) | 7421 | (54.5) | 13,615 | 3343 | (24.6) | 4455 | (32.7) | 4441 | (32.6) | 1376 | (10.1) | 13,615 |
| Deaths N (%) | 2914 | (43.7) | 3760 | (56.3) | 6674 | 914 | (13.7) | 1884 | (28.2) | 2630 | (39.4) | 1246 | (18.7) | 6674 |
| Women | (%) | Men | (%) | p-value | young-adult | (%) | adult | (%) | young-older adult | (%) | old-older adult | (%) | p-value | |
| ED visit characteristics | ||||||||||||||
| Referred presentation N (%) | 6808 | (3.7) | 10,067 | (6.7) | < .001 | 5473 | (4.0) | 5144 | (4.7) | 4428 | (6.2) | 1830 | (10.9) | < .001 |
| Admission N (%) | 24,429 | (13.4) | 28,163 | (18.6) | < .001 | 13,708 | (10.1) | 17,448 | (16.0) | 16,464 | (23.0) | 4972 | (29.5) | < .001 |
| Total ED visits N (%) | 181,884 | (1000) | 151,144 | (100.0) | 135,763 | (100.0) | 108,830 | (100.0) | 71,602 | (100.0) | 16,833 | (100.0) | ||
| Admission characteristics | ||||||||||||||
| Surgical hospitalization N (%) | 11,969 | (50.1) | 14,122 | (50.9) | .052 | 7147 | (53.2) | 8665 | (50.6) | 8043 | (49.7) | 2236 | (45.6) | < .001 |
| Surgical main procedure N (%) | 6683 | (27.4) | 7881 | (28.1) | .104 | 3963 | (29.0) | 4809 | (27.7) | 4536 | (27.6) | 1256 | (25.3) | .014 |
| ICU admissions N (%) | 6194 | (25.4) | 7421 | (26.4) | .009 | 3343 | (24.4) | 4455 | (25.5) | 4441 | (27.0) | 1376 | (27.7) | < .001 |
| Deaths N (%) | 2914 | (11.9) | 3760 | (13.4) | < .001 | 914 | (6.7) | 1884 | (10.8) | 2630 | (16.0) | 1246 | (25.1) | < .001 |
| Total hospital admissions | 24,429 | (100.0) | 28,163 | (100.0) | 13,708 | (100.0) | 17,448 | (100.0) | 16,464 | (100.0) | 4972 | (100.0) | ||
| Length of stay | ||||||||||||||
| ICU-LOS mean (SD) | 6.6 (8.0) | 6.7 (8.0) | 6.3 (7.7) | 6.7 (7.9) | 6.9 (8.3) | 6.8 (8.1) | ||||||||
| ICU-LOS median (max-min) | 4.0 (1–74) | 4.0 (1–90) | 3.0 (1–71) | 4.0 (1–90) | 4.0 (1–68) | 4.0 (1–74) | ||||||||
| LOS mean (SD) | 8.6 (11.5) | 8.6 (10.9) | 8.3 (10.7) | 8.7 (11.0) | 8.7 (11.8) | 8.7 (11.1) | ||||||||
| LOS median (max-min) | 5.0 (0–490) | 5.0 (0–178) | 4.0 (0–125) | 5.0 (0–184) | 5.0 (0–490) | 5.0 (0–193) | ||||||||
LOS length of hospital stay, ICU-LOS length of ICU stay, SD Standard Deviation, min-max minimum-maximum. Mean, SD, median and min-max refer to LOS and ICU-LOS in days. Percentages are out of the total number of eligible ED visits, or total number of admissions