Table 3 Patient characteristics among children and youth with a nTBI diagnostic code in acute care in Ontario between fiscal years 2004/05 and 2009/10 by type of nTBI
From: Children and youth with non-traumatic brain injury: a population based perspective
Characteristics | Overalla | Toxic effect of substances | Anoxia | Vascular insults | Brain tumours | Encephalitis | Metabolic encephalopathy | Meningitis | Other brain disorders | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | Col % | N | Col % | N | Col % | N | Col % | N | Col % | N | Col % | N | Col % | N | Col % | N | Col % | |
Overall | 6102 | 100 | 713 | 100 | 903 | 100 | 182 | 100 | 745 | 100 | 438 | 100 | 325 | 100 | 2094 | 100 | 1077 | 100 |
Age Groups | ||||||||||||||||||
0 – 4 | 2713 | 44.5 | 59 | 8.3 | 530 | 58.7 | 108 | 59.3 | 174 | 23.4 | 177 | 40.4 | 117 | 36.0 | 1301 | 62.1 | 387 | 35.9 |
5 – 9 | 819 | 13.4 | 13 | 1.8 | 123 | 13.6 | 18 | 9.9 | 182 | 24.4 | 98 | 22.4 | 55 | 16.9 | 225 | 10.7 | 165 | 15.3 |
10 – 14 | 872 | 15.9 | 97 | 13.6 | 99 | 11.0 | 31 | 17.0 | 190 | 25.5 | 77 | 17.6 | 70 | 21.5 | 220 | 10.5 | 249 | 23.1 |
15 – 19 | 1598 | 26.2 | 544 | 76.3 | 151 | 16.7 | 25 | 13.7 | 199 | 26.7 | 86 | 19.6 | 83 | 25.5 | 303 | 14.5 | 276 | 25.6 |
Sex | ||||||||||||||||||
Males | 3358 | 55.0 | 321 | 45.0 | 539 | 59.7 | 114 | 62.6 | 410 | 55.0 | 224 | 51.1 | 172 | 52.9 | 1163 | 56.8 | 595 | 55.3 |
Females | 2744 | 45.0 | 392 | 55.0 | 364 | 40.3 | 68 | 37.4 | 335 | 45.0 | 214 | 48.9 | 153 | 47.1 | 886 | 43.2 | 482 | 44.8 |
Length of Stay (Days) | ||||||||||||||||||
Average Length of Stay (Mean, SD) | 13.4 (25.6) | 4.0 (6.4) | 15.2 (36.4) | 26.7 (44.1) | 14.0 (22.4) | 16.7 (23.9) | 20.2 (41.0) | 13.8 (21.6) | 16.0 (25.9) | |||||||||
1 – 2 | 1278 | 20.9 | 390 | 54.7 | 287 | 31.8 | 16 | 8.8 | 108 | 14.5 | 58 | 13.2 | 48 | 14.8 | 209 | 10.2 | 195 | 18.1 |
3 – 5 | 1835 | 30.1 | 224 | 31.4 | 234 | 25.9 | 40 | 22.0 | 195 | 26.2 | 107 | 24.4 | 73 | 22.5 | 699 | 34.1 | 326 | 30.3 |
6 – 11 | 1296 | 21.2 | 61 | 8.6 | 153 | 16.9 | 42 | 23.1 | 217 | 29.1 | 109 | 24.9 | 78 | 24.0 | 482 | 23.5 | 212 | 19.7 |
12+ | 1693 | 27.8 | 38 | 5.3 | 229 | 25.4 | 84 | 46.2 | 225 | 30.2 | 164 | 37.4 | 126 | 38.8 | 659 | 32.2 | 344 | 31.9 |
Charlson Comorbidity Index Score | ||||||||||||||||||
0 – 1 | 5355 | 87.8 | NR | . | 855 | 94.7 | 143 | 78.6 | 241 | 32.4 | 411 | 93.8 | 278 | 85.5 | 2005 | 97.9 | 908 | 84.3 |
2+ | 747 | 12.2 | <5 | . | 48 | 5.3 | 39 | 21.4 | 504 | 67.7 | 27 | 6.2 | 47 | 14.5 | 44 | 2.1 | 169 | 15.7 |
Special Care Days | ||||||||||||||||||
Average Number of Days (Mean, SD) | 12.5 (22.9) | 1.9 (2.4) | 14.6 (28.8) | 16.1 (22.5) | 4.7 (12.8) | 13.7 (18.0) | 10.2 (15.0) | 21.6 (27.8) | 11.4 (20.4) | |||||||||
None | 3970 | 65.1 | 475 | 66.6 | 522 | 57.8 | 76 | 41.8 | 377 | 50.6 | 327 | 74.7 | 181 | 55.7 | 1519 | 74.1 | 591 | 54.9 |
1 – 2 | 865 | 14.2 | 197 | 27.6 | 117 | 13.0 | 21 | 11.5 | 247 | 33.2 | 25 | 5.7 | 35 | 10.8 | 114 | 5.6 | 185 | 17.2 |
3 – 5 | 370 | 6.1 | 36 | 5.1 | 70 | 7.8 | 19 | 10.4 | 69 | 9.3 | 25 | 5.7 | 43 | 13.2 | 70 | 3.4 | 94 | 8.7 |
6 – 11 | 315 | 5.2 | <5 | . | 70 | 7.8 | NR | . | 22 | 3.0 | 20 | 4.6 | 34 | 10.5 | 97 | 4.7 | 81 | 7.5 |
12+ | 582 | 9.5 | <5 | . | 124 | 13.7 | NR | . | 30 | 4.0 | 41 | 9.4 | 32 | 9.9 | 249 | 12.2 | 126 | 11.7 |
Discharge Disposition | ||||||||||||||||||
Home | 4175 | 68.4 | 545 | 76.4 | 554 | 61.4 | 92 | 50.6 | 487 | 65.4 | 259 | 59.1 | 206 | 63.4 | 1490 | 72.7 | 653 | 60.6 |
Home with Support | 544 | 8.9 | 11 | 1.5 | 73 | 8.1 | 35 | 19.2 | 132 | 17.7 | 71 | 16.2 | 45 | 13.9 | 131 | 6.4 | 121 | 11.2 |
Rehabilitation | 47 | 0.8 | <5 | . | 9 | 1.0 | <5 | . | 9 | 1.2 | 8 | 1.8 | <5 | . | <5 | . | 15 | 1.4 |
Complex Continuing Care or Long Term Care | 81 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1.6 | 7 | 3.9 | 13 | 1.7 | 15 | 3.4 | NR | . | NR | . | 32 | 2.9 |
Transferred | 870 | 14.3 | 151 | 21.2 | 78 | 8.6 | 24 | 13.2 | 80 | 10.7 | 76 | 17.4 | 28 | 8.6 | 372 | 18.2 | 99 | 9.2 |
Death | 385 | 6.3 | <5 | . | 175 | 19.4 | NR | . | 24 | 3.2 | 9 | 2.1 | 32 | 9.9 | 44 | 2.2 | 157 | 14.6 |