Table 2 Distribution of multiple admissions by cause of ACSC and by age categories between episodes with and without diabetes
From: The impact of diabetes on multiple avoidable admissions: a cross-sectional study
ACSC cause | 18–39 years | 40–64 years | 65–79 years | 80 or more years | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Diabetes | Non-Diabetes | Diabetes | Non-Diabetes | Diabetes | Non-Diabetes | Diabetes | Non-Diabetes | |||||||||
(#) | % | (#) | % | (#) | % | (#) | % | (#) | % | (#) | % | (#) | % | (#) | % | |
Diabetes short-term complications | 566 | 47.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 529 | 6.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 439 | 1.8% | 0 | 0.0% | 466 | 1.8% | 0 | 0.0% |
Diabetes long-term complications | 394 | 33.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 2732 | 32.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 3459 | 14.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 1817 | 6.9% | 0 | 0.0% |
COPD or asthma in older adults | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 767 | 9.0% | 3484 | 33.9% | 2428 | 10.0% | 5488 | 22.8% | 1945 | 7.3% | 5223 | 10.7% |
Hypertension | 3 | 0.3% | 39 | 2.5% | 121 | 1.4% | 172 | 1.7% | 384 | 1.6% | 305 | 1.3% | 432 | 1.6% | 641 | 1.3% |
Heart failure | 16 | 1.3% | 133 | 8.6% | 1673 | 19.6% | 1841 | 17.9% | 7342 | 30.2% | 6465 | 26.8% | 7442 | 28.1% | 13,381 | 27.4% |
Dehydration | 8 | 0.7% | 25 | 1.6% | 85 | 1.0% | 109 | 1.1% | 426 | 1.8% | 492 | 2.0% | 743 | 2.8% | 1699 | 3.5% |
Bacterial pneumonia | 44 | 3.7% | 433 | 27.9% | 1024 | 12.0% | 2739 | 26.7% | 4880 | 20.0% | 7650 | 31.7% | 7697 | 29.0% | 19,161 | 39.2% |
UTI | 79 | 6.6% | 682 | 43.9% | 827 | 9.7% | 1928 | 18.8% | 3581 | 14.7% | 3718 | 15.4% | 4733 | 17.9% | 8725 | 17.9% |
Uncontrolled diabetes | 70 | 5.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 243 | 2.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 382 | 1.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 444 | 1.7% | 0 | 0.0% |
Asthma in younger adults | 3 | 0.3% | 240 | 15.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
Lower-extremity amputation among patients with diabetes | 11 | 0.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 516 | 6.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 1019 | 4.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 784 | 3.0% | 0 | 0.0% |