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Table 1 Characteristics of participants admitted to the ICU in South Western Sydney Local Health District hospitals (2014–2017)

From: Factors associated with long intensive care unit (ICU) admission among inpatients with and without diabetes in South Western Sydney public hospitals using the New South Wales admission patient data collection (2014–2017)

Variables

Diabetes

Non-Diabetes

Year of admission

n (%)

n (%)

 2014–2015

360 (29.6)

1665 (31.2)

 2015–2016

393 (32.3)

1697 (31.8)

 2016–2017

463 (38.1)

1979 (37.0)

Demography

 Age groups

  18-34 yrs

51 (4.2)

510 (10.0)

  35-44 yrs

73 (6.0)

426 (8.0)

  45-54 yrs

145 (11.9)

671 (12.6)

  55-64 yrs

289 (23.8)

955 (17.9)

  65-74 yrs

359 (30.0)

1202 (23.0)

  75 yrs. and over

299 (24.6)

1577 (29.5)

 Sex

  Women

476 (39.1)

2227 (41.7)

  Men

740 (60.9)

3114 (58.3)

 Marital status

  Marriedp

736 (60.8)

2962 (55.7)

  Previously married

315 (26.0)

1360 (25.6)

  Never married

159 (13.1)

991 (18.7)

 Country of birth

  Australia

501 (41.3)

2756 (51.7)

  America

37 (3.1)

122 (2.3)

  Asia

300 (24.7)

1028 (19.3)

  Africa

26 (2.0)

102 (2.0)

  Europe

242 (19.9)

994 (18.7)

  Pacific

108 (8.9)

325 (6.1)

 Residence

  Peri-urban

417 (34.4)

1835 (34.4)

  Urban

799 (65.6)

3506 (65.6)

 Hospital health insurance cover

  Full hospital cover

143 (11.8)

728 (13.6)

  No hospital cover

1073 (88.2)

4613 (86.4)

Mode of separation from the hospital

 Deaths

  No

1081 (88.9)

4572 (85.6)

  Yes

135 (11.1)

769 (14.4)

 Primary admission diagnosis, ICD-10

  Diseases of the Nervous system

26 (2.1)

124 (2.3)

  Diseases of the Respiratory system

126 (10.4)

721 (13.5)

  Diseases of the Circulatory system

480 (39.5)

1596 (29.9)

  Diseases of the Digestive system

106 (8.7)

603 (11.3)

  Diseases of the Musculoskeletal/Connective system

22 (1.8)

89 (1.7)

  Diseases of the Skin/Subcutaneous system

11 (0.9)

41 (0.8)

  Diseases of the Endocrine/Nutritional/Metabolic system

114 (9.4)

79 (1.5)

  Presence of any comorbidities

   No

331 (27.2)

2088 (39.1)

   Yes

885 (72.8)

3253 (60.9)

  1. ICU Intensive care unit, ICD International Classification of Diseases 10th revision (ICD-10), p includes de-facto, Widowed/separated/divorced, Peri urban includes Wollondilly, Camden, Wingecarribee Local Government Areas (LGA) while Urban includes Campbelltown, Fairfield, Bankstown-Lidcombe LGAs