Table 1.

Hospital admission characteristics for primary diagnosis of selected neurological diseases in six urban sites in New York State, 2005–2016

	Total		Alzheimer’s Disease		Dementia		Parkinson’s Disease
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Total	63,287	100	35,706	100	16,366	100	11,215	100
Male	33,365	52.7	19,620	55.0	9,281	56.7	4,464	39.8
Age(years) Mean(SD)	77.2 (11.7)		77.5 (12.3)		79.2 (10.2)		73.5 (11.3)
20–39	814	1.3	712	2.0	27	0.2	75	0.7
40–49	916	1.5	574	1.6	81	0.5	261	2.3
50–59	2,884	4.6	1,350	3.8	578	3.6	947	8.4
60–69	8,551	13.5	4,055	11.4	2,083	12.7	2,413	21.5
70–79	19,163	30.3	10,680	29.9	4,770	29.2	3,713	33.1
80+	30,959	48.9	18,335	51.4	8,818	53.9	3,806	33.9
Race/Ethnicity
White	36,056	57.0	20,849	58.4	8,179	50.0	7,028	62.7
Black	13,427	21.2	7,193	20.2	4,568	27.9	1,666	14.9
American Indian	305	0.5	168	0.5	75	0.5	62	0.6
Asian	1,201	1.9	627	1.8	277	1.7	297	2.7
Native Hawaiian	9	0.01	3	0.01	4	0.02	2	0.02
Hispanic	6,358	10.1	3,712	10.4	1,653	10.1	993	8.9
Year
2005	5,527	8.7	3,005	8.4	1,610	9.8	912	8.1
2006	5,570	8.8	3,312	9.3	1,378	8.4	880	7.9
2007	5,552	8.8	3,255	9.1	1,400	8.6	897	8.0
2008	5,857	9.3	3,430	9.6	1,551	9.5	876	7.8
2009	5,642	8.9	3,298	9.2	1,428	8.7	916	8.2
2010	5,535	8.8	3,337	9.4	1,274	7.8	924	8.2
2011	5,249	8.3	3,271	9.2	1,110	6.8	868	7.7
2012	4,914	7.8	3,068	8.6	864	5.3	982	8.8
2013	4,709	7.4	2,904	8.1	867	5.3	938	8.4
2014	4,166	6.6	2,622	7.3	686	4.2	858	7.7
2015	4,773	7.5	2,521	7.1	1,283	7.8	969	8.6
2016	5,793	9.2	1,683	4.7	2.915	17.8	1,195	10.7
Season of admission
Fall	15,769	24.9	7,495	24.7	4,115	25.1	2,805	25.0
Spring	16,199	25.6	7,825	25.8	4,185	25.6	2,822	25.2
Summer	15,882	25.1	7,657	25.2	3,952	24.2	2,980	26.6
Winter	15,437	24.4	7,385	24.3	4,114	25.1	2,608	23.3
Length of stay (days) Mean(SD)	10.7 (21.9)		10.8 (20.8)		13.4 (29.3)		6.3 (10.2)