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 | ||||
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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 |