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Table 3 Cumulative mortality after hospital discharge among ICU patients

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

Characteristics

30 days (n = 411,345)

6 months (n = 389,896)

1 year (n = 373,822)

3 years (n = 270,768)

5 years (n = 189,996)

Raw mortality postdischarge

Mortality

2.2

7.2

11.1

21.2

29.0

32.4

Mortality by age, years

      

 18–24

0.3

0.8

1.3

2.8

3.6

3.9

 25–34

0.4

1.4

2.3

4.4

5.8

6.5

 35–44

0.6

2.4

3.8

7.2

9.8

11.1

 45–54

1

3.6

5.9

11.3

15

16.6

 55–64

1.4

5.2

8.2

15.9

21.7

24.3

 65–74

2.2

7.9

12.2

23.3

32.3

37.2

 75–84

3.6

11.7

17.5

34.1

47.5

53.9

 ≥85

6.7

19.4

28.1

51.8

68.7

70.0

Mortality by sex

      

 Male

2.1

7.0

10.8

20.7

28.2

31.6

 Female

2.2

7.5

11.4

21.9

30.1

33.5

Mortality by resource use

      

 Mechanical ventilation

      

  No

2.0

7.1

10.9

21.1

28.9

32.8

  Yes

2.4

7.6

11.4

21.4

29.2

31.7

 Tracheostomy

      

  No

2.1

7.1

10.9

21.0

28.8

32.2

  Yes

3.4

11.5

17.2

30.6

39.2

39.9

 Percutaneous feeding tube

     

  No

2.1

6.9

10.6

20.6

28.4

31.8

  Yes

5.0

15.7

23.0

38.6

47.9

47.8

Mortality by cumulative ICU days

 0 to <3 days

1.7

6.1

9.6

18.7

25.8

29.3

 3 to <5 days

2.3

7.7

11.8

22.9

31.5

35.0

 5 to <7 days

2.7

9.1

13.4

25.3

34.4

37.7

 7 to <14 days

3.1

9.7

14.4

26.4

35.7

38.3

 14 to <60 days

3.4

10.4

15.1

26.9

35.8

37.6

 60 to <120 days

3.6

14.1

19.4

34.7

46.0

45.8

 ≥120 days

4.3

14.9

22.3

43.1

52.2

50.1

Mortality by discharge disposition

 Home and other

1.0

4.2

7.1

15.1

21.8

26.0

 Home with services

2.6

10.6

16.6

31.4

41.6

43.5

 Acute care/other facility

4.2

10.3

14.3

24.4

32.8

41.1

 Long-term care

7.2

17.8

23.8

39.4

51.3

48.3

  1. ICU intensive care unit
  2. Mortality from 30 days to 5 years and number at risk were estimated by Kaplan-Meier survival analysis. p < 0.001 by log-rank test for all comparisons. Raw mortality calculated as number of deaths among survivors over total population in each group