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Table 3 Median HIV inpatient admissions in Portugal by NUTS II region and year

From: HIV disease burden, cost, and length of stay in Portuguese hospitals from 2000 to 2010: a cross-sectional study

NUTS II / Year

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

Total

% Change (2000–2010)

Norte, N

1,191

1,274

1,356

1,298

1,327

1,473

1,384

1,374

1,294

1,208

1,139

14,318

−4.4

Median LOS

12

11

11

12

13

12

10

11

10

9

9

10.9

−25

% Death

19.1

17.7

17.6

16.4

15.4

15.3

11.7

13.8

12.8

13.5

11.4

15.0

−40.1

Centro, N

415

449

563

552

528

565

539

535

604

536

546

5,832

31.6

Median LOS

11

11

11

11

11

10

10

11

10

10

9

10.4

−18.2

% Death

10.1

9.4

12.4

8.9

10.8

11.3

14.8

11.2

7.3

7.5

7.7

10.1

−24.0

Lisbon, N

3,511

3,412

3,319

3,366

3,237

3,020

2,908

2,712

2,609

2,226

2,272

32,592

−35.3

Median LOS

12

12

12

11

12

12

12

11

12

11

11

11.6

−8.3

% Death

14.5

16.1

15.0

15.7

15.3

15.2

14.5

13.8

14.2

14.4

15.0

14.9

3.4

Alentejo, N

76

100

103

132

111

143

137

129

114

98

91

1,234

19.7

Median LOS

11

10

13

11

12

10

9

9

11

10

9

10.4

−18.2

% Death

17.1

12.0

24.3

15.2

22.5

16.8

17.5

17.1

19.3

19.4

23.1

18.4

34.9

Algarve, N

266

315

313

280

265

290

246

339

273

258

206

3,051

−22.6

Median LOS

12

12

11

10

11

12

12

11

11

14

13

11.7

8.3

% Death

8.3

10.2

12.1

14.6

12.8

14.1

12.2

11.2

14.3

14.3

12.6

12.4

52.6

Total, N

5,459

5,550

5,654

5,628

5,468

5,491

5,214

5,089

4,894

4,326

4,254

57,027

−22.1

Median LOS

11.5

11.2

11.6

11.0

11.8

11.2

8.0

10.6

10.8

10.8

10.2

11.0

−8.9

% Death

14.9

15.5

15.4

15.1

14.9

14.8

13.8

13.4

13.1

13.4

13.1

14.4

−11.7

  1. NUTS II = Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics II; LOS = length of stay.