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Table 1 Demographics of ICU and non-ICU patients during index hospital admissiona

From: Long-term outcomes and healthcare utilization following critical illness – a population-based study

Characteristics

Hospitalizations with ICU admission (n = 500,124)

Hospitalizations without ICU admission (n = 1,657,940)

Female sex

43.5

55.5

Mean age, years (SD)

63.3 (17.1)

60.2 (18.8)

Age group, years

  

 18–24

3.0

4.2

 25–34

4.3

6.2

 35–44

7.4

11.6

 45–54

13.6

16.3

 55–64

18.7

17.3

 65–74

22.4

17.4

 75–84

22.6

17.5

  ≥ 85

7.9

9.5

Charlson score

  

 0

27.4

58.5

 1–2

41.0

29.0

 ≥3

31.6

12.5

Diagnoses (most responsible)

  

 Myocardial infarction

25.9

6.8

 Trauma

11.8

10.5

 Cancer/neoplasm

11.4

13.6

 Pneumonia and other infections

5.5

4.1

 COPD

3.0

2.2

 Peripheral vascular disease

2.8

0.4

 Congestive heart failure

2.7

1.4

 Musculoskeletal system disorders

2.6

11.7

 Diabetes

1.7

1.0

 Liver disease

0.5

0.3

 Renal disease

0.2

0.1

 Dementia

0.1

0.5

 Other digestive system

8.4

16.2

 Other circulatory system

6.3

2.0

 Other respiratory system

4.3

1.6

 Other genitourinary

2.0

10.0

 Other endocrine

0.9

1.5

 Other

10.1

16.2

Income quintile

  

 Quintile 1 (lowest)

22.9

21.0

 Quintile 2

21.1

20.7

 Quintile 3

19.3

19.5

 Quintile 4

18.8

19.3

 Quintile 5 (highest)

17.3

19.2

Rural residence

18.3

14.7

Hospital length of stay, days, median (IQR)

9 (5, 17)

5 (4, 8)

Hospital mortality

16.0

3.3

  1. COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, ICU intensive care unit, IQR interquartile range
  2. Data are presented as proportions (%) unless otherwise stated. Income quintile does not add to 100 % due to missing values for 9940 patients
  3. a p < 0.001 for all comparisons