Table 1 Characteristics of the 523,462 ANZICS APD patients analysed
From: Identifying unusual performance in Australian and New Zealand intensive care units from 2000 to 2010
Age (years) | 60.6 (18.1) | Â |
APACHE III score | 51.5 (28.6) | Â |
ICU mortality (%) | 8.1 | Â |
Hospital mortality (%) | 12.7 | Â |
| Â | n (%) | mortality % |
Ventilation | Â | Â |
Not ventilated | 314,987 (60.2) | 7.4 |
Ventilated | 208,475 (39.8) | 20.6 |
Gender | Â | Â |
Male | 298,503 (57.0) | 12.2 |
Female | 224,959 (43.0) | 13.0 |
ICU source | Â | Â |
No transfer | 478,130 (91.3) | 12.1 |
Hospital transfer | 45,332 (8.7) | 18.7 |
ICU hospital level | Â | Â |
Rural | 71,828 (13.7) | 11.5 |
Metropolitan | 98,590 (18.8) | 14.7 |
Tertiary | 232,273 (44.4) | 15.9 |
Private | 120,771 (23.1) | 5.6 |
ICU location | Â | Â |
Northern Territory | 8,965 (1.7) | 12.5 |
New South Wales | 153,362 (29.3) | 13.2 |
Australian Capital Territory | 15,815 (3.0) | 10.1 |
South Australia | 37,052 (7.1) | 19.3 |
Victoria | 137,876 (26.3) | 12.8 |
Western Australia | 5,493 (1.1) | 11.7 |
New Zealand | 27,835 (5.3) | 15.6 |
Queensland | 126,453 (24.2) | 9.5 |
Tasmania | 10,611 (2.0) | 14.7 |