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Table 4 ED visit and admission data categorized by sex and age-group

From: The growing impact of older patients in the emergency department: a 5-year retrospective analysis in Brazil

 

Women

(%)

Men

(%)

Total (100%)

young-adult

(%)

adult

(%)

young-older adult

(%)

old-older adult

(%)

Total (100%)

ED visits N (%)

181,884

(54.6)

151,144

(45.4)

333,028

135,763

(40.8)

108,830

(32.7)

71,602

(21.5)

16,833

(5.1)

333,028

Referred presentation N (%)

6808

(40.3)

10,067

(59.7)

16,875

5473

(32.4)

5144

(30.5)

4428

(26.2)

1830

(10.8)

16,875

Admissions N (%)

24,429

(46.5)

28,163

(53.5)

52,592

13,708

(26.1)

17,448

(33.2)

16,464

(31.3)

4972

(9.5)

52,592

ICU admissions N (%)

6194

(45.5)

7421

(54.5)

13,615

3343

(24.6)

4455

(32.7)

4441

(32.6)

1376

(10.1)

13,615

Deaths N (%)

2914

(43.7)

3760

(56.3)

6674

914

(13.7)

1884

(28.2)

2630

(39.4)

1246

(18.7)

6674

 

Women

(%)

Men

(%)

p-value

young-adult

(%)

adult

(%)

young-older adult

(%)

old-older adult

(%)

p-value

ED visit characteristics

 Referred presentation N (%)

6808

(3.7)

10,067

(6.7)

< .001

5473

(4.0)

5144

(4.7)

4428

(6.2)

1830

(10.9)

< .001

 Admission N (%)

24,429

(13.4)

28,163

(18.6)

< .001

13,708

(10.1)

17,448

(16.0)

16,464

(23.0)

4972

(29.5)

< .001

Total ED visits N (%)

181,884

(1000)

151,144

(100.0)

 

135,763

(100.0)

108,830

(100.0)

71,602

(100.0)

16,833

(100.0)

 

Admission characteristics

 Surgical hospitalization N (%)

11,969

(50.1)

14,122

(50.9)

.052

7147

(53.2)

8665

(50.6)

8043

(49.7)

2236

(45.6)

< .001

 Surgical main procedure N (%)

6683

(27.4)

7881

(28.1)

.104

3963

(29.0)

4809

(27.7)

4536

(27.6)

1256

(25.3)

.014

 ICU admissions N (%)

6194

(25.4)

7421

(26.4)

.009

3343

(24.4)

4455

(25.5)

4441

(27.0)

1376

(27.7)

< .001

 Deaths N (%)

2914

(11.9)

3760

(13.4)

< .001

914

(6.7)

1884

(10.8)

2630

(16.0)

1246

(25.1)

< .001

Total hospital admissions

24,429

(100.0)

28,163

(100.0)

 

13,708

(100.0)

17,448

(100.0)

16,464

(100.0)

4972

(100.0)

 

Length of stay

 ICU-LOS mean (SD)

6.6 (8.0)

 

6.7 (8.0)

  

6.3 (7.7)

 

6.7 (7.9)

 

6.9 (8.3)

 

6.8 (8.1)

  

 ICU-LOS median (max-min)

4.0 (1–74)

 

4.0 (1–90)

  

3.0 (1–71)

 

4.0 (1–90)

 

4.0 (1–68)

 

4.0 (1–74)

  

 LOS mean (SD)

8.6 (11.5)

 

8.6 (10.9)

  

8.3 (10.7)

 

8.7 (11.0)

 

8.7 (11.8)

 

8.7 (11.1)

  

 LOS median (max-min)

5.0 (0–490)

 

5.0 (0–178)

  

4.0 (0–125)

 

5.0 (0–184)

 

5.0 (0–490)

 

5.0 (0–193)

  
  1. 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