Characteristics | Diabetes | Non-diabetes | ||||
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Admission year | July 2014–15 | July 2015–16 | July 2016–17 | July 2014–15 | July 2015–16 | July 2016–17 |
N (%) | 14,661 (8.4) | 16,219 (8.7) | 17,158 (8.9) | 160,265 (91.6) | 169,943 (91.3) | 176,175 (91.1) |
Demography | ||||||
Age groups | ||||||
18–54 | 2854 (19.5) | 3158 (19.5) | 3294 (19.2) | 67,148 (41.9) | 71,341 (42.0) | 75,438 (42.8) |
55–64 | 2958 (20.2) | 3248 (20.0) | 3475 (20.3) | 25,355 (15.8) | 26,815 (15.8) | 28,092 (16.0) |
65–74 | 3894 (26.6) | 4268 (26.3) | 4572 (26.7) | 29,496 (18.4) | 31,508 (18.5) | 31,865 (18.1) |
75–84 | 3497 (23.9) | 3811 (23.5) | 3975 (23.2) | 25,605 (16.0) | 26,451 (15.6) | 26,504 (15.0) |
85+ | 1458 (9.9) | 1734 (10.7) | 1842 (10.7) | 12,661 (7.9) | 13,828 (8.1) | 14,276 (8.1) |
Sex | ||||||
Women | 6916 (47.2) | 7760 (47.9) | 8250 (48.1) | 85,502 (53.4) | 89,714 (52.8) | 91,902 (52.2) |
Men | 7745 (52.8) | 8459 (52.2) | 8908 (51.9) | 74,763 (46.7) | 80,225 (47.2) | 84,271 (47.8) |
Marital status | ||||||
Married/defacto | 8644 (59.1) | 9607 (59.4) | 10,170 (59.4) | 90,373 (56.6) | 96,762 (57.0) | 99,696 (56.7) |
Widowed | 4497 (30.7) | 4961 (30.7) | 5229 (30.5) | 40,611 (25.4) | 41,845 (24.7) | 42,369 (24.1) |
Single | 1486 (10.2) | 1616 (10.0) | 1727 (10.1) | 28,812 (18.0) | 31,058 (18.3) | 33,810 (19.2) |
Place of birth | ||||||
Australia | 5563 (38.0) | 6073 (37.5) | 6559 (38.3) | 72,754 (45.4) | 77,636 (45.7) | 81,034 (46.1) |
America | 412 (2.8) | 469 (2.9) | 464 (2.7) | 3931 (2.5) | 4450 (2.6) | 4365 (2.5) |
Asia | 3751 (25.7) | 4416 (27.3) | 4674 (27.3) | 39,051 (24.4) | 40,798 (24.0) | 42,921 (24.4) |
Africa | 448 (3.1) | 426 (2.6) | 484 (2.8) | 4610 (2.9) | 5003 (2.9) | 4920 (2.8) |
Europe | 3523 (24.1) | 3673 (22.7) | 3785 (22.1) | 26,005 (16.2) | 26,446 (15.6) | 26,633 (15.1) |
Pacific | 927 (6.3) | 1128 (7.0) | 1163 (6.8) | 13,743 (8.6) | 15,389 (9.1) | 16,067 (9.1) |
Residence† | ||||||
Peri-urban | 5076 (34.6) | 5670 (35.0) | 5913 (34.5) | 59,239 (37.0) | 62,658 (36.9) | 66,209 (37.6) |
Urban | 9585 (65.4) | 10,549 (65.0) | 11,245 (65.5) | 101,026 (63.0) | 107,285 (63.1) | 109,966 (62.4) |
Hospital health insurance cover | ||||||
Full hospital cover | 1410 (9.6) | 1643 (10.1) | 1691 (9.9) | 11,262 (7.0) | 12,924 (7.6) | 13,061 (7.4) |
No hospital cover | 13,251 (90.4) | 14,576 (89.9) | 15,467 (90.1) | 149,001 (93.0) | 157,019 (92.4) | 163,114 (92.6) |
Episode length of stay (LOS) | ||||||
≤ 4 days | 10,340 (70.5) | 11,739 (72.4) | 12,728 (74.2) | 134,631 (84.0) | 143,902 (84.7) | 150,787 (85.6) |
> 4 days | 4321 (29.5) | 4480 (27.6) | 4430 (25.8) | 25,634 (16.0) | 26,041 (15.3) | 25,388 (14.4) |
LOS in days; median (IQR) | 2 (1–5) | 1 (1–5) | 1 (1–5) | 1 (1–3) | 1 (1–3) | 1 (1–2) |
ICU admission | ||||||
No | 14,300 (97.5) | 15,824 (97.6) | 16,692 (97.3) | 158,591 (99.0) | 168,235 (99.0) | 174,178 (98.9) |
Yes | 360 (2.5) | 393 (2.4) | 463 (2.7) | 1665 (1.0) | 1697 (1.0) | 1979 (1.1) |
LOS in hours; median (IQR) | 46 (21–90.5) | 42 (19–78) | 40 (17–77) | 42 (16–94) | 39 (15–88) | 39 (16–80) |
Primary admission diagnosis (ICD classification) | ||||||
Nervous system disease | 359 (2.4) | 421 (2.6) | 425 (2.5) | 2985 (1.9) | 3436 (2.0) | 3675 (2.1) |
Respiratory system | 1117 (7.6) | 1177 (7.3) | 1318 (7.7) | 6881 (4.3) | 7394 (4.4) | 7888 (4.5) |
Circulatory system | 1889 (12.9) | 2050 (12.6) | 2115 (12.3) | 8709 (5.4) | 9223 (5.4) | 9703 (5.5) |
Musculoskeletal + connective system | 673 (4.6) | 837 (5.2) | 866 (5.0) | 4698 (2.9) | 5292 (3.1) | 5584 (3.2) |
Skin + subcutaneous system | 369 (2.5) | 407 (2.5) | 459 (2.7) | 2537 (1.6) | 3131 (1.8) | 3158 (1.8) |
Endocrine, nutritional + metabolic system | 600 (4.1) | 634 (3.9) | 720 (4.2) | 1896 (1.2) | 1877 (1.1) | 1877 (1.1) |
Number of comorbidities | ||||||
Only primary admission diagnosis | 40 (0.3) | 25 (0.1) | 27 (0.2) | 63,138 (42.5) | 64,021 (37.7) | 65,467 (37.2) |
Primary+ one comorbidity | 2216 (15.1) | 626 (3.9) | 657 (3.8) | 22,297 (13.9) | 19,243 (11.3) | 20,725 (11.8) |
Primary+ 2/more comorbidities | 12,404 (84.6) | 16,218 (96.0) | 16,473 (96.0) | 69,786 (43.6) | 86,648 (51.0) | 89,937 (51.0) |