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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of inpatients by types of stroke, inpatient data 2006–2013

From: Costs of hospitalization for stroke from two urban health insurance claims data in Guangzhou City, southern China

Characteristics

% or mean ± standard deviation

Overall

n = 114,872

IS

n = 86,126

SAH

n = 1736

ICH

n = 11,928

TIA

n = 7298

Other strokes

n = 7784

Gender (%)

 Male

54.2

53.8

44.9

60.8

52.0

52.5

 Female

45.8

46.2

55.1

39.2

48.0

47.5

Age (years)

71.7 ± 11.8

72.5 ± 10.9

60.3 ± 17.1

67.1 ± 14.8

71.2 ± 12.1

73.5 ± 11.6

 18 ≤ Age < 45

2.4

1.4

16.9

8.0

2.6

1.8

 45 ≤ Age < 65

21.8

20.4

38.1

29.4

24.9

18.1

 65 ≤ Age < 75

28.2

29.0

21.1

26.0

26.8

25.3

 75 ≤ Age < 80

21.4

22.2

12.1

17.0

19.3

23.1

 ≥ 80

26.3

27.0

11.8

19.7

26.4

31.7

Comorbidities (%)

 None

48.3

46.7

72.3

61.0

45.1

43.8

 Coronary heart disease

13.9

14.4

7.0

7.1

19.4

16.3

 Hypertension

45.6

46.7

24.9

36.0

47.5

49.9

 Diabetes

17.7

18.9

6.6

9.3

17.0

19.9

 Alzheimer’s disease

0.7

0.7

0.2

0.5

0.9

0.9

 Parkinson’s disease

1.7

1.8

0.4

0.9

1.7

2.1

 Mental disorder

0.3

0.3

0.2

0.1

0.3

0.1

 Chronic kidney disease

0.4

0.4

0.2

0.4

0.5

0.3

Insurance type (%)

 UEBMI

92.3

92.3

91.7

91.9

93.6

92.4

 URBMI

7.7

7.7

8.3

8.1

6.4

7.6

ICU admission (%)

0.2

0.1

2.2

1.0

0.0

0.1

Referral from other hospitals (%)

1.8

1.8

3.5

2.9

0.2

1.3

Readmission in 15 days (%)

0.6

0.6

0.9

1.0

0.3

0.7

Length of stay (days)

26.7 ± 55.3

25.1 ± 52.7

25.2 ± 34.4

41.0 ± 73.2

11.7 ± 11.0

36.9 ± 72.1

 < 10

27.0

26.5

29.6

20.0

48.1

22.8

 10 ≤ Days< 20

43.1

45.6

29.3

28.9

43.2

41.3

 ≥ 20

29.9

28.0

41.1

51.1

8.6

36.0

Hospital level (%)

 Primary

9.5

9.5

3.0

7.2

4.3

19.6

 Secondary

30.4

29.7

18.7

26.5

33.8

43.3

 Tertiary

60.1

60.8

78.3

66.3

61.9

37.1

  1. IS Ischaemic stroke, SAH Subarachnoid haemorrhage, ICH Intracerebral haemorrhage, TIA Transient ischaemic attack, UEBMI Urban Employee-based Basic Medical Insurance scheme, URBMI Urban Resident-based Basic Medical Insurance scheme