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Table 1 Socioeconomic status and other characteristics of study sample (n = 434) §

From: Socioeconomic status and hospital utilization among younger adult pneumonia admissions at a Canadian hospital

Characteristic

n (%)

Employable persons on income assistance (C$7,081) ╪

84 (19)

Persons receiving a provincial disability pension (C$10,784) ╪

64 (15)

Receiving income assistance or provincial disability pension

148 (34)

Neighbourhood-level income quintiles (average income range per single person equivalent)â• 

 

1 (C$10,950 – C$29,001)

183 (45)

2 (C$29,037 – C$33,944)

79 (19)

3 (C$33,966 – C$38,834)

38 (9)

4 (C$38,881 – C$45,760)

45 (11)

5 (C$46,045 – C$122,256)

65 (16)

Missing

24

Male

189 (44)

Mean Age, +/- SD

45.1, +/-12.6

Current smoker

205 (47)

Documented substance abuse issues

111 (26)

Pneumonia Severity Index

 

Mean, +/- SD

70.6, +/- 34.0

Median, min – max

64.0, 12 – 219

Documented ADL problem

19 (4)

Number of co-morbidities

 

0

307 (71)

1

112 (26)

2

14 (3)

3

1 (0.2)

Living alone

107 (25)

  1. § Adult pneumonia admissions <65 years to Vancouver General Hospital, January 1, 1990 to March 31, 2001
  2. ╪ Annual benefits in British Columbia, 1996 [21]. These two categories of BC benefits are mutually exclusive; an individual cannot receive both at the same time. At ages 65 and over, individuals are no longer eligible for income assistance or provincial disability assistance.
  3. â•  Range of 1996 census enumeration area average income per single person equivalent for Vancouver Census Metropolitan Area [18]
  4. SD = standard deviation; min = minimum value; max = maximum value; ADL = activities of daily living