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Table 3 Overall 30-days mortality from community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in elderly subjects, according to age and sex strata.

From: The burden of community-acquired pneumonia in the elderly: the Spanish EVAN-65 Study

Sex

Mortality within 30-days after diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia

 

Male

Female

 

Age groups

No. of events Deaths/CAPs

Case-fatality % (95% CI)a

No. of events Deaths/CAPs

Case-fatality % (95% CI)a

P-valueb

65–74 yrs

11/127

8.7 (4.4–14.5)

3/68

4.4 (0.9–12.4)

0.386

75–84 yrs

19/114

16.7 (10.3–24.8)

7/79

8.9 (3.6–17.4)

0.118

85 yrs or more

9/39

23.1 (11.1–39.3)

11/46

23.9 (12.6–38.8)

0.927

Overall people

39/280

13.9 (10.1–18.5)

21/193

10.9 (6.9–16.2)

0.328

  1. aCI denotes confidence interval
  2. bP-values were calculated, where appropriate, by Chi-squared or Fisher's tests.