Table 1 Characteristics of adults aged 65 years and older years hospitalized for selected pulmonary diseases in 2016, Veneto region. (SD: standard deviation)
From: The importance of sex as a risk factor for hospital readmissions due to pulmonary diseases
| Bronchitis and asthma (N = 1140) | Pneumonia (N = 6258) | Pulmonary edema and respiratory failure (N = 5260) | COPD (N = 2211) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | Male | 445 | 3220 | 2580 | 1152 |
| Female | 695 | 3038 | 2680 | 1059 | |
| Age | 65–84 yr | 624 | 3407 | 3323 | 1378 |
| Over 84 yr | 516 | 2851 | 1937 | 833 | |
| Citizenship | Italian | 1124 | 6215 | 5191 | 2185 |
| Other | 16 | 43 | 69 | 26 | |
| Formal education | University | 17 | 98 | 74 | 33 |
| High school | 48 | 319 | 258 | 112 | |
| Middle school | 194 | 1102 | 996 | 413 | |
| Primary school or none | 881 | 4739 | 3932 | 1653 | |
| Charlson Comorbidity Index | No comorbidities | 645 | 2723 | 1255 | 1124 |
| At least one comorbidity | 495 | 3535 | 4005 | 1087 | |
| Type of care institute | University hospital | 92 | 753 | 632 | 257 |
| Other | 1048 | 5505 | 4628 | 1954 | |
| Length of stay in the care institute | (mean ± SD) | 8,49 ± 4,98 | 11,66 ± 7,13 | 12,55 ± 7,80 | 9,59 ± 5,80 |
| Type of discharge | Home | 1029 | 5642 | 4714 | 2036 |
| Home with domiciliary care | 51 | 300 | 142 | 104 | |
| Residential care | 60 | 496 | 404 | 71 |