2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | |
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Number of patients admitted to the hospital | 164,331 | 165,662 | 170,402 | 171,791 | 167,492 | 172,992 | 172,325 |
Numbers of males (%) | 80,077 (48.7) | 79,254 (47.8) | 81,227 (47.7) | 83,028 (48.3) | 82,573 (49.3) | 83,405 (48.2) | 84,297 (48.9) |
Mean of age (SD) | 53.9(26.5) | 54.4(26.4) | 54.1(26.4) | 54.6(27.0) | 55.6(26.3) | 55.3(26.7) | 55.8(27.0) |
Mean of length of staying(SD) | 12.5(42.9) | 11.5(25.3) | 11.0(41.7) | 11.1(66.0) | 10.5(29.2) | 10.1(19.0) | 10.2(19.5) |
No. of patients after exclusion criteria | 8,640 | 9,392 | 10,108 | 10,554 | 10,714 | 11,209 | 10,779 |
Assessment rate of new patients (%) | No assessment done | 4068/4471 (91.0*) | 104149 (94.7) | 11860 (96.9) | 10512 (97.5) | ||
Patients who had at least one risk factor | No assessment done | 1942 | 4463 | 5014 | 5410 | ||
Number of falls | 350 | 336 | 353 | 302 | 252 | 252 | 263 |
Number of repeated fallers | 39 | 33 | 60 | 40 | 30 | 17 | 39 |
Numbers of fracture from fall | 6 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 4 |
Fall rate (‰) (95‰CI) | 2.13 (1.91-2.36) | 2.03 (1.82-2.26) | 2.07 (1.86-2.30) | 1.76 (1.57-1.97) | 1.50 (1.32-1.70) | 1.46 (1.28-1.65) | 1.53 (1.34-1.72) |
Fracture rate from fall | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.02 |
(‰)(95‰CI) | (0.01-0.08) | (0.01-0.05) | (0.02-0.09) | (0.01-0.06) | (0.01-0.08) | (0.03-0.11) | (0.01-0.05) |