| Age <64 years (n= 3,520) | Age 65 to 74 years (n= 5,397) | Age 75 to 84 years (n= 9,747) | Age >85 years (n= 5,033) | ||||||||||
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 | Class 1 | Class 2 | Class 3 | Class 4 | Class 1 | Class 2 | Class 3 | Class 1 | Class 2 | Class 3 | Class 4 | Class 1 | Class 2 | Class 3 |
 | Heart disease | SP/shock | UTI/SP | COPD/other | Heart disease | SP/shock | COPD/other | Heart disease | SP/shock | COPD/other | Respiratory disease | Heart disease | SP/shock | COPD/other |
Number of cases | 616 | 919 | 197 | 1,788 | 1,074 | 1,824 | 2,499 | 1,404 | 2,856 | 4,142 | 1,345 | 870 | 1,359 | 2,804 |
Prevalence of co-morbidity (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Septicaemia | 11.3 | 62.9 | 72.2 | 6.7 | 10.6 | 66.1 | 5.5 | 11.8 | 72.8 | 11.0 | 7.2 | 10.2 | 79.1 | 11.7 |
Diabetes mellitus | 35.5 | 26.8 | 26.1 | 19.7 | 39.7 | 26.1 | 26.5 | 27.1 | 20.5 | 22.6 | 17.2 | 18.6 | 14.5 | 14.6 |
Hypertension | 17.9 | 4.9 | 9.8 | 8.3 | 20.8 | 6.8 | 13.9 | 16.1 | 4.8 | 17.3 | 12.5 | 15.4 | 3.3 | 15.2 |
AMI/coronary atherosclerosis | 39.9 | 3.9 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 43.9 | 4.6 | 5.2 | 42.8 | 5.5 | 6.6 | 4.0 | 42.8 | 5.6 | 4.0 |
COPD | 6.5 | 3.2 | 0.5 | 17.9 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 33.9 | 18.2 | 12.4 | 39.6 | 29.6 | 24.9 | 12.7 | 33.0 |
Other respiratory disease | 21.8 | 23.7 | 13.8 | 30.1 | 22.3 | 18.1 | 26.7 | 20.9 | 17.2 | 0 | 100 | 24.6 | 19.4 | 25.9 |
Acute renal failure | 12.2 | 20.6 | 9.5 | 4.8 | 12.7 | 16.4 | 4.5 | 12.1 | 16.7 | 4.2 | 5.3 | 8.7 | 15.2 | 5.6 |
UTI | 5.3 | 0 | 100 | 14.8 | 5.7 | 25.1 | 21.1 | 11.7 | 28.0 | 24.3 | 21.1 | 16.1 | 30.6 | 29.0 |
Shock | 11.2 | 39.6 | 33.1 | 2.7 | 10.3 | 39.1 | 2.7 | 8.9 | 38.5 | 4.9 | 3.7 | 7.3 | 41.6 | 5.0 |
Heart failure | 42.2 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 37.0 | 5.8 | 4.8 | 50.1 | 7.2 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 50.5 | 8.3 | 7.7 |
Median survival (years) | 0.80 | 0.34 | 0.88 | 1.64 | 0.39 | 0.23 | 0.55 | 0.29 | 0.21 | 0.95 | 0.38 | 0.32 | 0.20 | 0.35 |
Life expectancy (years) (SE) | 5.09 (0.60) | 4.51 (0.49) | 4.82 (1.49) | 5.25 (0.37) | 2.55 (0.21) | 2.14 (0.13) | 2.56 (0.13) | 1.86 (0.23) | 1.66 (0.10) | 2.12 (0.07) | 2.18 (0.17) | 1.48 (0.12) | 1.12 (0.07) | 1.52 (0.05) |