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Table 2 ICU patient demographics

From: Disease patterns and clinical outcomes of patients admitted in intensive care units of tertiary referral hospitals of Tanzania

 

Overall N = 5627

MNH N = 1154

BMC N = 2292

KCMC N = 1608

MRH N = 573

Gender

Male

57.5%

55.5%

53.6%

57.9%

53.6%

Female

41.8%

41.8%

45.8%

41.9%

45.8%

No gender data

0.7%

2.7%

0.6%

0.2%

0.6%

Median age in years (Interquartile Range)

34 (21–53)

34 (24–52)

30 (15–48)

36 (21–52)

37 (24–56)

Age groups (Years)

<5

12.1%

6.2%

11.3%

6.4%

11.3%

5-17

10.5%

15.0%

9.8%

9.5%

9.8%

≥18-65

70.4%

72.1%

75.5%

73.3%

72.6%

>65

5.6%

4.3%

3.2%

9.8%

6.1%

No age data

1.4%

2.4%

0.2%

1.0%

0.2%

Overall In-ICU mortality

2331 (41.4%)

N = 5627

Overall length of ICU stay in days

5 [3, 11]

Median (Q1,Q3)

  1. MNH-Muhimbili National Hospital.
  2. BMC-Bugando Medical Centre.
  3. KCMC-Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre.
  4. MRH-Mbeya Referral Hospital.