Table 1.
Patient demographic, socioeconomic and clinical profile and number of deaths for each time period.
| March-May |
June-September |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Discharges (n = 93,379) | Deaths (n = 28,344, 30.4%) | Discharges (n = 24,059) | Deaths (n = 3943, 16.4%) |
| Age band (years) | ||||
| 18–39 | 7097 | 200 (2.8%) | 2692 | 32 (1.2%) |
| 40–49 | 7275 | 506 (7.0%) | 1889 | 84 (4.4%) |
| 50–59 | 12,369 | 1725 (13.9%) | 2940 | 229 (7.8%) |
| 60–69 | 14,124 | 3574 (25.3%) | 3621 | 473 (13.1%) |
| 70–79 | 19,877 | 7329 (36.9%) | 4916 | 957 (19.5%) |
| ≥ 80 | 32,637 | 15,010 (46.0%) | 8001 | 2168 (27.1%) |
| Sex (missing = 224) | ||||
| Female | 41,570 | 11,181 (26.9%) | 11,492 | 1682 (14.6%) |
| Male | 51,622 | 17,115 (33.2%) | 12,530 | 2257 (18.0%) |
| Deprivation quintile (missing 2744) | ||||
| 1 (most deprived) | 23,412 | 6831 (29.2%) | 6773 | 1040 (15.4%) |
| 2 | 20,522 | 6158 (30.0%) | 5121 | 827 (16.1%) |
| 3 | 17,487 | 5518 (31.6%) | 4214 | 731 (17.3%) |
| 4 | 15,605 | 4973 (31.9%) | 4021 | 685 (17.0%) |
| 5 (least deprived) | 14,213 | 4408 (31.0%) | 3326 | 587 (17.6%) |
| Ethnicity (missing = 13,388) | ||||
| White | 66,215 | 21,545 (32.5%) | 17,579 | 3194 (18.2%) |
| Bangladeshi | 583 | 153 (26.2%) | 168 | 17 (10.1%) |
| Indian | 2599 | 742 (28.5%) | 731 | 91 (12.4%) |
| Pakistani | 1975 | 480 (24.3%) | 1074 | 132 (12.3%) |
| Other Asian | 2338 | 486 (20.8%) | 491 | 42 (8.6%) |
| Black African | 2184 | 380 (17.4%) | 390 | 18 (4.6%) |
| Black Caribbean | 1958 | 645 (32.9%) | 218 | 33 (15.1%) |
| Other Black | 895 | 208 (23.2%) | 142 | 7 (4.9%) |
| Mixed | 755 | 167 (22.1%) | 177 | 13 (7.3%) |
| Other | 3002 | 607 (20.2%) | 576 | 50 (8.7%) |
| Charlson Comorbidity Index items* | ||||
| Peripheral vascular disease | 4730 | 2086 (44.1%) | 1508 | 379 (25.1%) |
| Congestive heart failure | 13,185 | 6408 (48.6%) | 4092 | 1224 (29.9%) |
| Acute myocardial infarction | 8388 | 3563 (42.5%) | 2419 | 613 (25.3%) |
| Cerebrovascular disease | 8594 | 3591 (41.8%) | 2695 | 622 (23.1%) |
| Dementia | 14,437 | 6799 (47.1%) | 3223 | 848 (26.3%) |
| Chronic pulmonary disease | 24,350 | 8144 (33.4%) | 6480 | 1254 (19.4%) |
| Connective tissue disease/rheumatic disease | 2751 | 994 (36.1%) | 773 | 156 (20.2%) |
| Peptic ulcer | 597 | 213 (35.7%) | 222 | 56 (25.2%) |
| Mild liver disease | 2882 | 719 (24.9%) | 1023 | 150 (14.7%) |
| Moderate or severe liver disease | 945 | 507 (53.7%) | 371 | 155 (41.8%) |
| Diabetes without chronic complications | 23,097 | 8334 (36.1%) | 5585 | 1037 (18.6%) |
| Diabetes with chronic complications | 2746 | 1069 (38.9%) | 810 | 172 (21.2%) |
| Paraplegia and hemiplegia | 2239 | 888 (39.7%) | 668 | 139 (20.8%) |
| Renal disease | 17,061 | 7759 (45.5%) | 4420 | 1185 (26.8%) |
| Primary cancer | 5329 | 2423 (45.5%) | 1436 | 377 (26.3%) |
| Metastatic carcinoma | 2681 | 1110 (41.4%) | 940 | 310 (33.0%) |
| HIV/AIDS | 152 | 20 (13.2%) | 33 | 4 (12.1%) |
| Obesity | 8093 | 2176 (26.9%) | 2333 | 261 (11.2%) |
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For the Charlson Comorbidity Index items: Only those with the disease are listed. There were no missing data. Individual patients can appear in multiple disease categories.