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Characteristics of appendicitis patients aged 15 or above and their admitting hospitals in Taiwan, 1997–2001 |
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| Non-Ruptured (n = 73,015) |
Ruptured (n = 24,574) |
Total (n = 97,589) |
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| Characteristics |
n |
(%) |
n |
(%) |
n |
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| Mental disorder status |
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| No major mental disorder |
72,758 |
(74.9) |
24,396 |
(25.1) |
97,154 |
| Schizophrenia |
138 |
(53.3) |
121 |
(46.7) |
259 |
| Affective psychosis |
89 |
(72.4) |
34 |
(27.6) |
123 |
| Other major mental disorders |
30 |
(56.6) |
23 |
(43.4) |
53 |
| Gender |
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| Female |
36,416 |
(78.4) |
10,024 |
(21.6) |
46,440 |
| Male |
36,599 |
(71.6) |
14,550 |
(28.5) |
51,149 |
| Age (years) |
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| 15–24 |
23,178 |
(81.4) |
5,281 |
(18.6) |
28,459 |
| 25–34 |
18,341 |
(81.2) |
4,261 |
(18.9) |
22,602 |
| 35–44 |
14,518 |
(75.9) |
4,619 |
(24.1) |
19,137 |
| 45–54 |
7,929 |
(69.7) |
3,440 |
(30.3) |
11,369 |
| 55–64 |
4,247 |
(62.1) |
2,597 |
(38.0) |
6,844 |
| 65–74 |
3,277 |
(55.1) |
2,669 |
(44.9) |
5,946 |
| ≥ 75 |
1,525 |
(47.2) |
1,707 |
(52.8) |
3,232 |
| Ethnicity |
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| Non-aboriginal |
70,535 |
(74.8) |
23,770 |
(25.2) |
94,305 |
| Aboriginal |
2,480 |
(75.5) |
804 |
(24.5) |
3,284 |
| Socioeconomic status |
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| ≥ NT$40,000 |
11,211 |
(75.3) |
3,685 |
(24.7) |
14,896 |
| NT$20,000 ~ NT$39,999 |
17,244 |
(77.2) |
5,103 |
(22.8) |
22,347 |
| <NT$20,000 |
21,846 |
(77.0) |
6,523 |
(23.0) |
28,369 |
| Without a well-defined monthly wage |
22,714 |
(71.0) |
9,263 |
(29.0) |
31,977 |
| Hospital ownership |
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| Public |
15,529 |
(76.7) |
4,719 |
(23.3) |
20,248 |
| Nonprofit |
33,578 |
(74.4) |
11,544 |
(25.6) |
45,122 |
| Profit |
23,908 |
(74.2) |
8,311 |
(25.8) |
32,219 |
| Hospital accreditation level |
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| District Hospital-nonteaching |
14,093 |
(73.5) |
5,072 |
(26.5) |
19,165 |
| District Hospital-teaching |
13,331 |
(80.5) |
3,225 |
(19.5) |
16,556 |
| Regional Hospital |
28,810 |
(75.1) |
9,565 |
(24.9) |
38,375 |
| Medical Center |
16,781 |
(71.4) |
6,712 |
(28.6) |
23,493 |
| Hospital volume |
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| ≥ 360 |
18,370 |
(72.8) |
6,851 |
(27.2) |
25,221 |
| 210–360 |
19,120 |
(74.5) |
6,559 |
(25.5) |
25,679 |
| 80–210 |
17,907 |
(77.1) |
5,324 |
(22.9) |
23,231 |
| 0–80 |
17,618 |
(75.1) |
5,840 |
(24.9) |
23,458 |
| Hospital's geographic location |
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| Taipei Branch |
23,536 |
(77.0) |
7,040 |
(23.0) |
30,576 |
| Northern Branch |
12,999 |
(77.7) |
3,739 |
(22.3) |
16,738 |
| Central Branch |
11,790 |
(70.6) |
4,907 |
(29.4) |
16,697 |
| Southern Branch |
9,789 |
(72.7) |
3,676 |
(27.3) |
13,465 |
| Kao-Ping Branch |
12,693 |
(73.6) |
4,553 |
(26.4) |
17,246 |
| Eastern Branch |
2,208 |
(77.0) |
659 |
(23.0) |
2,867 |
| Year |
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| 1997 |
13,649 |
(72.7) |
5,129 |
(27.3) |
18,778 |
| 1998 |
13,892 |
(73.8) |
4,939 |
(26.2) |
18,831 |
| 1999 |
14,435 |
(74.2) |
5,017 |
(25.8) |
19,452 |
| 2000 |
15,146 |
(76.1) |
4,757 |
(23.9) |
19,903 |
| 2001 |
15,893 |
(77.1) |
4,732 |
(22.9) |
20,625 |
Tsay et al. BMC Public Health 2007 7:331 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-7-331 |
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