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Table 4 Mortality (%) according to the ten most common causes of ICU admission

From: Emergency department admissions to the intensive care unit – a national retrospective study

 

Overall

Male

Female

Academic

Community

Rural

0–1 y

2–9 y

10–17 y

18–29 y

30–44 y

45–64 y

65–79 y

80+ y

 

(n = 110,072)

(n = 63,320)

(n = 46,752)

(n = 24,365)

(n = 50,972)

(n = 34,735)

(n = 1381)

(n = 2144)

(n = 3846)

(n = 14,923)

(n = 13,919)

(n = 28,739)

(n = 31,037)

(n = 14,083)

all admissions

7.2

7.2

7.1

9.3

7.6

5.0

1.6

1.5

1.3

1.5

2.7

6.2

11.3

13.5

intoxication

0.27

0.29

0.26

0.32

0.3

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.11

0.36

1.0

2.5

trauma

4.5

4.2

5.2

6.1

4.5

2.8

1.0

1.2

1.5

1.2

2.0

3.2

8.1

12.1

neurology

8.4

7.9

9.0

10.3

9.1

5.5

0.0

0.0

1.2

2.6

5.0

7.8

12.1

13.2

infection

9.9

9.3

10.8

9.6

11.4

8.0

0.0

2.6

2.3

1.7

3.5

8.1

12.2

15.0

respiratory

6.3

6.2

6.4

4.8

6.5

7.1

0.6

2.0

0.8

1.2

3.8

4.1

7.0

10.7

cardiology

32.9

32.6

33.4

35.4

35.4

24.5

18.8

18.8

23.9

40.3

39.0

31.3

33.6

32.0

endocrinology

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.0

1.5

0.0

1.0

0.0

0.1

0.3

1.2

1.8

2.5

gastrointestinal

6.4

5.6

7.4

8.9

6.9

4.5

5.9

3.0

4.9

2.7

2.5

6.2

6.6

7.9

circulatory

10.6

10.6

10.5

9.6

11.2

10.4

11.1

11.1

0.0

1.3

1.5

7.5

11.0

16.9

consciousness

2.6

2.3

3.0

1.9

2.9

2.6

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.9

2.6

5.2

5.7