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Table 4 Demographic statistics for the three groups of patients

From: Methodological issues on the use of administrative data in healthcare research: the case of heart failure hospitalizations in Lombardy region, 2000 to 2012

 

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Prevalent cases, 2000–2012

N

489,139

118,087

90,235

% males

66.88

21.16

11.97

Age, males (mean, std dev)

74.20 (10.87)

68.60 (12.30)

77.38 (9.65)

Age, females (mean, std dev)

80.16 (9.70)

73.07 (12.80)

81.71 (9.32)

Incident cases, 2005–2012

N

149,733

29,515

36,802

% males

47.15

62.94

46.89

Age, males (mean, std dev)

74.65 (11.39)

67.20 (13.31)

77.98 (9.940)

Age, females (mean, std dev)

80.55 (9.950)

72.68 (13.15)

82.05 (9.471)