Table 1 Patient and hospital-related characteristics associated with emergency separations with a principal diagnosis of constipation, Victoria, 2010–11
From: Potentially avoidable hospitalisation for constipation in Victoria, Australia in 2010–11
Number | Percent | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Gender | Male | 1,790 | 45.0 |
Female | 2,188 | 55.0 | |
Age group | 0–14 | 374 | 9.4 |
15–29 | 371 | 9.3 | |
30–44 | 398 | 10.0 | |
45–59 | 537 | 13.5 | |
60–74 | 779 | 19.6 | |
75+ | 1,519 | 38.2 | |
Country of birth | Australia | 2,600 | 65.4 |
Overseas | 1,378 | 37.4 | |
Area of residence | Metropolitan | 3,029 | 76.1 |
Rural | 949 | 23.9 | |
IRSED 2006 quintile | 1 (most disadvantaged) | 872 | 21.9 |
2 | 753 | 18.9 | |
3 | 618 | 15.5 | |
4 | 1,077 | 27.1 | |
5 (least disadvantaged) | 658 | 16.5 | |
Patient type | Public | 3,301 | 83.0 |
Private | 485 | 12.2 | |
Other | 192 | 4.8 | |
Hospital type | Public | 3,669 | 92.2 |
Private | 309 | 7.8 | |
Length of stay type | Same day | 1,228 | 35.2 |
Overnight | 809 | 31.4 | |
Multi-day | 989 | 33.3 | |
Total | 3,978 | 100.0 |