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Table 1 Demographic Characteristics by Hospital Years in Registry

From: Duration of hospital participation in a nationwide stroke registry is associated with improved quality of care

Characteristic

Total (n = 16301)

Year 1 (n = 7879)

Year 2 (n = 5734)

Year 3 (n = 2313)

Year 4 (n = 375)

Age, mean(sd)

71.8 (13.6)

72.1 (13.5)

71.8 (13.6)

71.2 (13.6)

72.0 (13.5)

Female, N(%)

9071 (55.7)

4390 (55.7)

3200 (55.8)

1271 (55.0)

210 (56.0)

Ethnicity, N(%)

     

   Non-Hispanic white

13475 (82.7)

6369 (80.8)

4930 (86.0)

1862 (80.5)

314 (83.7)

   African-American

2201 (13.5)

1163 (14.8)

611 (10.7)

372 (16.1)

55 (14.7)

   Asian/Pacific Islander

113 (0.7)

74 (0.9)

26 (0.5)

10 (0.4)

3 (0.8)

   Hispanic

123 (0.8)

68 (0.9)

30 (0.5)

25 (1.1)

0 0.0

   Other/unknown

389 (2.4)

205 (2.6)

137 (2.4)

44 (1.9)

3 (0.8)

Academic hospital, N(%)

10255 (62.9)

4472 (56.8)

3579 (62.4)

1829 (79.1)

375 (100.0)

Ischemic stroke, N(%)

12263 (75.2)

6028 (76.5)

4229 (73.8)

1722 (74.5)

284 (75.7)

Discharged home, N(%)

8397 (51.5)

3884 (49.3)

2990 (52.2)

1307 (56.5)

216 (57.6)