Table 1A.
Demographics of Patients with and without Recorded PEC Data Prior to Data Cleaning
| Data | Racea | % of n | age in years (SD) | Male | Discharged alive | Orthopedic |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adult patients with PEC data available at project start: | Caucasian | 78% | 55.3 (22.8) | 58% | 95% | 46% |
| N = 796,756 | African-American | 15% | 40.7 (18.5) | 73% | 92% | 59% |
| 52% TBI | Asian | 0.8% | 49.7 (21.2) | 58% | 94% | 44% |
| Median GCS score = 15 | Other | 2.3% | 42.2 (19.2) | 72% | 94% | 49% |
| 45% have zero PECs | Unknown | 3.2% | 44.1 (20.2) | 72% | 94% | 52% |
| No data | 0.2% | 45.6 (20.9) | 65% | 94% | 49% | |
| Adult patients w/out PEC data available at project startb: | Caucasian | 67% | 45.4 (21.1) | 67% | 77% | 41% |
| N = 39,771 | African-American | 25% | 34.9 (16.5) | 84% | 55% | 57% |
| 48% TBI | Asian | 1.3% | 40.6 (16.8) | 74% | 68% | 42% |
| Median GCS = 3 | Other | 3.2% | 36.2 (16.3) | 83% | 73% | 42% |
| No data | 3.3% | 40.0 (21.4) | 85% | 47% | 47% |
a
Race and ethnicity data were not available for all patients. Due to the high degree of missingness for the Ethnicity variable, percentages of patients of Latino/Hispanic origin could not be reliably calculated.
b
Patients without PEC data excluded from further analysis.
GCS, Glasgow Coma Scale; PEC, pre-exisiting health condition; SD, standard deviation; TBI, traumatic brain injury.