Table 6.
ED demographic, visit and admission data categorized by year of attendance
| Year | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | (%) | N | (%) | N | (%) | N | (%) | N | (%) | |
| ED visits demographic characteristics | ||||||||||
| Women | 38,530 | (53.6) | 37,410 | (54.7) | 38,816 | (54.9) | 42,612 | (55.9) | 24,516 | (53.4) |
| young adults | 31,918 | (44.4) | 28,581 | (41.8) | 27,980 | (39.6) | 29,753 | (39.0) | 17,531 | (38.2) |
| adults | 22,583 | (31.4) | 22,520 | (32.9) | 24,387 | (34.5) | 24,724 | (32.4) | 14,616 | (31.9) |
| young-older adult | 14,236 | (19.8) | 14,115 | (20.6) | 14,922 | (21.1) | 17,997 | (23.6) | 10,332 | (22.5) |
| old-older adults | 3096 | (4.3) | 3170 | (4.6) | 3426 | (4.8) | 3750 | (4.9) | 3391 | (7.4) |
| ED visits characteristics | ||||||||||
| Referred visits | 2995 | (4.2) | 3142 | (4.6) | 3696 | (5.2) | 3623 | (4.8) | 3419 | (7.5) |
| Admissions | 11,064 | (15.4) | 10,872 | (15.9) | 10,961 | (15.5) | 10,340 | (13.6) | 9355 | (20.4) |
| Total ED visits | 71,833 | (100.0) | 68,386 | (100.0) | 70,715 | (100.0) | 76,224 | (100.0) | 45,870 | (100.0) |
| Admissions demographic characteristics | ||||||||||
| Women | 5043 | (45.6) | 5041 | (46.4) | 5102 | (46.5) | 4854 | (46.9) | 4389 | (46.9) |
| young adults | 3049 | (27.6) | 2945 | (27.1) | 2773 | (25.3) | 2606 | (25.2) | 2335 | (24.9) |
| adults | 3679 | (33.2) | 3647 | (33.5) | 3812 | (34.7) | 3327 | (32.2) | 2983 | (31.9) |
| young-older adult | 3401 | (30.7) | 3275 | (30.1) | 3328 | (30.4) | 3479 | (33.6) | 2981 | (31.9) |
| old-older adults | 935 | (8.4) | 1005 | (9.2) | 1048 | (9.6) | 928 | (9.0) | 1056 | (11.2) |
| Admissions characteristics | ||||||||||
| Surgical hospitalization | 5052 | (46.6) | 5184 | (48.6) | 5274 | (49.0) | 5551 | (54.7) | 5030 | (54.5) |
| Surgical main procedure | 3074 | (27.9) | 2968 | (27.4) | 2871 | (26.3) | 2947 | (28.6) | 2704 | (29.0) |
| ICU admissions | 2479 | (22.4) | 2856 | (26.3) | 2782 | (25.4) | 2847 | (27.5) | 2651 | (28.3) |
| Deaths | 1240 | (11.2) | 1379 | (12.7) | 1407 | (12.8) | 1378 | (13.3) | 1270 | (13.6) |
| Total hospital admissions | 11,064 | (100.0) | 10,872 | (100.0) | 10,961 | (100.0) | 10,340 | (100.0) | 9355 | (100.0) |
| ICU admissions demographic characteristics | ||||||||||
| Women | 1078 | (43.5) | 1300 | (45.5) | 1246 | (44.8) | 1305 | (45.8) | 1265 | (47.7) |
| young adults | 686 | (27.7) | 710 | (24.9) | 659 | (23.7) | 690 | (24.2) | 598 | (22.6) |
| adults | 815 | (32.9) | 923 | (32.3) | 996 | (35.8) | 895 | (31.4) | 826 | (31.2) |
| young-older adult | 770 | (31.0) | 912 | (31.9) | 863 | (31.0) | 987 | (34.7) | 909 | (34.2) |
| old-older adults | 208 | (8.4) | 311 | (10.9) | 264 | (9.5) | 275 | (9.7) | 318 | (12.0) |
| Total ICU admissions | 2479 | (100.0) | 2856 | (100.0) | 2782 | (100.0) | 2847 | (100.0) | 2651 | (100.0) |
| Length of stay | ||||||||||
| ICU-LOS mean (SD) | 7.6 (9.4) | 7.2 (8.6) | 6.8 (8.2) | 6.1 (7.2) | 5.7 (6.3) | |||||
| ICU-LOS median (max-min) | 4.0 (1–77) | 4.0 (1–90) | 4.0 (1–74) | 4.0 (1–71) | 4.0 (1–68) | |||||
| LOS mean (SD) | 8.6 (11.3) | 8.6 (11.1) | 8.6 (10.9) | 8.4 (11.4) | 8.9 (11.4) | |||||
| LOS median (max-min) | 4.0 (0–125) | 4.0 (0–109) | 5.0 (0–193) | 5.0 (0–490) | 5.0 (0–368) | |||||
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