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Table 1 Descriptive statistics: multiple admissions for ACSC with and without diabetes

From: The impact of diabetes on multiple avoidable admissions: a cross-sectional study

 

Multiple Admissions for ACSC

 

Diabetes N (%)

Without Diabetes N (%)

Total N (%)

Total Number

59,436

(41.2%)

84,773

(58.8%)

144,209

(100%)

Sexa

 Female

31,337

(52.7%)

41,825

(49.3%)

73,162

(50.7%)

 Male

28,099

(47.3%)

42,948

(50.7%)

71,047

(49.3%)

Age Groupa

 18–39

1187

(2.0%)

1552

(1.8%)

2739

(1.9%)

 40–64

8256

(13.9%)

10,273

(12.1%)

18,529

(12.8%)

 65–79

23,854

(40.1%)

24,118

(28.5%)

47,972

(33.3%)

  ≥ 80

26,139

(44.0%)

48,830

(57.6%)

74,969

(53.0%)

Admission Typea

 Planned

3794

(6.4%)

2763

(3.3%)

6557

(4.5%)

 Unplanned

55,514

(93.4%)

82,003

(96.7%)

137,517

(95.4%)

 Othersb

128

(0.2%)

7

(0%)

135

(0.1%)

CCIa

 0

0

(0.0%)

11,431

(13.5%)

11,431

(7.9%)

 1

6413

(10.8%)

27,273

(32.2%)

33,686

(23.4%)

 2

14,342

(24.1%)

20,859

(24.6%)

35,201

(24.4%)

 3

12,476

(21.0%)

12,673

(14.9%)

25,149

(17.4%)

 4

9869

(16.6%)

7388

(8.7%)

17,257

(12.0%)

 5

8401

(14.1%)

2541

(3%)

10,942

(7.6%)

 6

4698

(7.9%)

1349

(1.6%)

6047

(4.2%)

  ≥ 7

3237

(5.4%)

1259

(1.5%)

4496

(3.1%)

ACSC Causea

 Bacterial Pneumonia

13,645

(23.0%)

29,983

(35.4%)

43,628

(30.3%)

 Heart Failure

16,473

(27.7%)

21,820

(25.7%)

38,293

(26.6%)

UTI

9220

(15.5%)

15,053

(17.8%)

24,273

(16.8%)

 COPD or Asthma in Older Adults

5140

(8.6%)

14,195

(16.7%)

19,335

(13.4%)

 Diabetes long-term complications

8402

(14.1%)

0

(0.0%)

8402

(5.8%)

 Dehydration

1262

(2.1%)

2325

(2.7%)

3587

(2.5%)

 Diabetes short-term complications

2000

(3.4%)

0

(0.0%)

2000

(1.4%)

 Lower-Extremity Amputation among Patients with Diabetes

2330

(3.9%)

0

(0.0%)

2330

(1.6%)

 Uncontrolled Diabetes

1139

(1.9%)

0

(0.0%)

1139

(0.8%)

 Hypertension

940

(1.6%)

1157

(1.4%)

2097

(1.5%)

 Asthma in Younger Adults

3

(0.0%)

240

(0.3%)

243

(0.2%)

  1. aApplied Chi-Square test. Difference between groups statistically significant (p ≤ 0.001)
  2. bIncludes: 1 episode of private medicine and 134 episodes of Integrated Management System of Subscribers for Surgery (SIGIC)