Table 2.

Incidence rate of intensive care unit admission and length of stay and hospital length of stay for patients admitted to a non-burn center or transferred or admitted to a burn center

	Age (year)	Non-burn center (N = 2787)				Transferred (N = 1745)				Burn center (N = 992)				Total (N = 5524)
		Burns	Inhalation	Combined	Total	Burns	Inhalation	Combined	Total	Burns	Inhalation	Combined	Total	Burns	Inhalation	Combined	Total
Incidence rate (N/100.000 py)	≤ 4	9.6	0.7	0.1	10.3	13.2	0.0	0.0	13.2	5.7	0.1	0.0	5.8	28.4	0.8	0.1	29.4
	5–19	2.0	0.6	0.1	2.7	1.5	0.0	0.0	1.6	0.8	2.5	0.0	0.8	4.3	0.6	0.1	5.1
	20–64	1.9	1.0	0.2	3.1	1.3	0.0	0.3	1.6	0.8	0.1	0.1	1.0	4.1	1.1	0.6	5.7
	≥ 65	1.1	0.9	0.2	2.3	0.8	0.0	0.2	1.0	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.7	2.5	1.0	0.5	3.9
	≥ 80	2.0	1.6	0.5	4.0	1.0	0.1	0.2	1.2	0.8	0.1	0.1	1.0	3.7	1.7	0.7	6.2
	All	2.2	0.9	0.2	3.3	1.9	0.0	0.2	2.1	1.0	0.1	0.1	1.2	5.1	1.0	0.5	6.5
ICU (%)	≤ 4	34.4	50.0	6.8	6.4	0.0	0.0	6.4	6.0	0.0	0.0	5.9	5.6	29.7	50.0	6.4	34.4
	5–19	22.2	33.3	11.3	13.4	0.0	100.0	15.3	14.3	25.0	100.0	16.1	10.6	22.3	57.9	13.3	22.2
	20–64	24.6	29.6	15.2	21.5	100.0	90.1	33.5	18.7	41.2	90.8	29.3	14.9	26.4	68.8	22.7	24.6
	≥ 65	32.8	36.1	21.2	28.8	100.0	91.7	40.5	22.4	50.0	81.8	30.8	18.4	35.6	62.0	27.7	32.8
	≥ 80	33.9	29.4	22.0	37.8	100.0	100.0	50.0	31.0	75.0	66.7	38,9	22.1	38.5	51.9	30.2	33.9
	All	26.3	31.9	14.0	15.4	100.0	90.6	22.7	14.8	37.3	89.7	21,9	11.9	27.8	66.8	18.2	26.3
ICLOS (days/patient)	≤ 4	4	2	11	4	5	0	0	5	5	0	0	5	5	2	11	4
	5–19	3	7	5	5	5	0	12	6	2	2	12	3	4	6	9	5
	20–64	6	3	2	5	9	5	11	10	9	3	17	12	8	3	11	8
	≥ 65	3	4	3	4	8	9	7	7	12	8	6	9	8	5	6	6
	≥ 80	2	4	5	4	3	10	6	5	8	4	1	6	5	4	5	5
	All	5	4	3	4	8	7	11	9	8	4	16	11	7	4	11	7
Cumulative ICLOS (days)	≤ 4	12	5	4	21	27	0	0	27	13	0	0	13	51	5	4	61
	5–19	12	25	4	41	27	0	12	39	7	0	5	12	47	25	21	93
	20–64	99	89	16	227	229	6	261	512	140	7	208	359	468	102	485	1098
	≥ 65	10	38	9	56	53	7	32	91	45	6	10	61	107	51	50	208
	≥ 80	3	14	5	23	9	4	9	22	15	2	0	17	27	21	14	62
	All	134	156	33	323	336	13	305	654	204	13	223	440	674	183	560	1417
HLOS (days/patient)	≤ 4	2	2	10	2	8	0	0	8	7	2	0	7	6	2	10	6
	5–19	3	3	3	3	9	0	28	9	8	2	16	8	6	3	11	6
	20–64	4	3	2	4	14	8	25	17	13	3	34	16	9	3	19	9
	≥ 65	7	5	4	6	24	12	18	23	20	8	9	18	15	6	9	12
	≥ 80	9	6	4	7	26	13	19	24	16	10	2	14	15	7	8	12
	All	4	4	3	4	12	11	24	13	12	3	32	13	8	4	17	8
Cumulative HLOS (days)	≤ 4	205	14	8	227	886	0	0	886	353	2	0	355	1444	16	8	1468
	5–19	152	63	8	223	395	0	28	422	180	1	6	187	726	64	42	832
	20–64	746	315	56	1208	1921	10	654	2731	1121	19	473	1,681	3788	344	1183	5620
	≥ 65	236	148	30	413	611	10	84	705	333	13	20	365	1179	171	134	1483
	≥ 80	128	75	13	217	190	5	27	222	91	8	1	101	409	89	41	539
	All	1,339	540	101	1980	3812	20	766	4598	1986	36	498	2,520	7137	595	1366	9097

Py person years, ICU intensive care unit, ICLOS intensive care unit length of stay, HLOS hospital length of stay