Table 2 Mortality data during hospital stay and post discharge
Acute-care/femoral fracture | Rehabilitation/femoral fracture | Acute-care/forearm fracture | |
|---|---|---|---|
All admission patients | 12,520 | 2031 | |
Number of admission patients by type of hospital | 3914 (31.3%) F: 2975 (76.0%)/M: 939 (24.0%) | 8606 (68.7%) F: 6605 (76.7%)/M: 2001 (23.3%) | 2031 (100%) F: 1658 (81.6%)/M: 373 (18.4%) |
Deceased during hospital stay (mean age ± SD) | 103 (2.6% of 3914) 85.3 years (± 8.2) | 16 (0.2% of 8606) 85.5 years (± 7.3) | 3 (0.15% of 2031) |
Sex breakdown of deceased pa-tients: N and mean age (± SD) | F: 72 (2.4% of 2975) 86.7 years (± 6.6) M: 31 (3.3% of 939) 81.9 years (± 10.4) | F: 10 (0.15% of 6605) 85.8 years (± 7.3) M: 6 (0.3% of 2001) 85.1 years (± 7.9) | F: 3 (0.2% of 1658) 81.3 years (± 6.6) |
t-Test age difference | p = 0.005 | p = 0.86 | |
All discharge patients | 12,401 | 2028 | |
Number of discharged patients by type of hospital | 3811 (30.7% of 12,401) F: 2903 (76.2%)/M: 908 (23.8%) | 8590 (69.3% of 12,401) F: 6595 (76.8%)/M: 1995 (23.2%) | 2028 F: 1655 (81.6%)/M: 373 (18.4%) |
Deceased any time post discharge (mean age ± SD) | 733 (19.2% of 3811) 83.9 years (± 8.7) | 730 (8.5% of 8590) 81.6 years (± 9.4) | 60 (3.0% of 2028) 80.4 years (± 9.9) |
Sex breakdown deceased pa-tients: N and mean age (± SD) | F: 551 (19.0% of 2903) 85.0 years (± 8.0) M: 182 (20.0% of 908) 80.6 years (± 9.9) | F: 519 (7.9% of 6595) 83.0 years (± 8.6) M: 211 (10.6% of 1995) 78.1 years (± 10.3) | F: 54 (3.3% of 1655) 81.2 years (± 9.3) M: 6 (1.6% of 373) 73.7 years (± 13.1) |
t-Test age difference deceased patients | p < 0.0001 | p < 0.0001 | p = 0.08 |
Chi-sq sex vs. hospital type deceased patients | p = 0.08 | ||