Table 1 Demographic variables of the burn patients
From: Multi-institutional analysis of independent predictors for burn mortality in the United States
Variable | Survival, n = 132,531 | Death, n = 4530 | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Missing | Value | Missing | Value | ||
Age, years (mean ± SD) | 30,542 | 30.5 ± 22.4 | 704 | 56.5 ± 22.5 | < 0.001* |
Children < 18 years, n (%) | 33,601 (32.9) | 233 (6.1) | < 0.001* | ||
Gender, n (%) | 0 | 0 | < 0.001* | ||
Male | 91,814 (69.3) | 2933 (64.7) | |||
Female | 40,717 (30.7) | 1597 (35.3) | |||
Race, n (%) | 5564 | 197 | < 0.001* | ||
Caucasian | 74,403 (58.6) | 2835 (65.4) | |||
African-American | 24,024 (18.9) | 878 (20.3) | |||
Hispanic | 19,770 (15.6) | 388 (9.0) | |||
Other | 8770 (6.9) | 232 (5.3) | |||
Alcohol, n (%) | N/A | 3792 (2.9) | N/A | 226 (5.0) | < 0.001* |
Illicit drug use, n (%) | N/A | 2959 (2.2) | N/A | 130 (2.9) | 0.005* |
Smoker, n (%) | N/A | 6685 (5.0) | N/A | 263 (5.8) | 0.022* |
Uninsured, n (%) | 14,057 | 17,426 (14.7) | 538 | 590 (14.8) | 0.903 |
Comorbidities, anya, n (%) | N/A | 19,281 (14.5) | N/A | 1206 (26.6) | < 0.001* |
CHF | 871 (0.7) | 147 (3.2) | < 0.001* | ||
Diabetes | 3901 (2.9) | 291 (6.4) | < 0.001* | ||
Hypertension | 8850 (6.7) | 631 (13.9) | < 0.001* | ||
Psychiatric illness | 4512 (3.4) | 227 (5.0) | < 0.001* | ||
Obesity | 1405 (1.1) | 87 (1.9) | < 0.001* | ||
Respiratory disease | 5464 (4.1) | 291 (6.4) | < 0.001* | ||