Table 2 Demographic characteristic of patients with appendicitis in Taiwan from 2003 to 2011
Variable | All (n = 2687) | LA (n = 610) | OA (n = 2077) | P value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
Gender | 0.349 | ||||||
Female | 1335 | 49.68 % | 318 | 52.13 % | 1017 | 48.96 % | |
Male | 1352 | 50.32 % | 292 | 47.87 % | 1060 | 51.04 % | |
Age stratum | <0.001 | ||||||
0–14 y/o | 674 | 25.08 % | 158 | 25.90 % | 516 | 24.84 % | |
15–29 y/o | 924 | 34.39 % | 268 | 43.93 % | 656 | 31.58 % | |
30–44 y/o | 538 | 20.02 % | 98 | 16.07 % | 440 | 21.18 % | |
45–59 y/o | 319 | 11.87 % | 63 | 10.33 % | 256 | 12.33 % | |
60 y/o or more | 232 | 8.63 % | 23 | 3.77 % | 209 | 10.06 % | |
Complicated appendicitis | 0.003 | ||||||
No | 2010 | 74.80 % | 466 | 76.39 % | 1544 | 74.34 % | |
Yes | 678 | 25.23 % | 144 | 23.61 % | 534 | 25.71 % | |
CCI scorea | 0.072 | ||||||
0 | 2523 | 93.90 % | 587 | 96.23 % | 1936 | 93.21 % | |
1 | 105 | 3.91 % | 14 | 2.30 % | 91 | 4.38 % | |
≥ 2 | 59 | 2.20 % | 9 | 1.48 % | 50 | 2.41 % | |
Hospital level | <0.001 | ||||||
District Hospital | 602 | 22.40 % | 84 | 13.77 % | 518 | 24.94 % | |
Regional Hospital | 1415 | 52.66 % | 271 | 44.43 % | 1144 | 55.08 % | |
Medical Center | 671 | 24.97 % | 255 | 41.80 % | 416 | 20.03 % | |
Area level | <0.001 | ||||||
Urban | 2046 | 76.14 % | 513 | 84.10 % | 1533 | 73.81 % | |
Suburban | 591 | 21.99 % | 95 | 15.57 % | 496 | 23.88 % | |
Rural | 50 | 1.86 % | 2 | 0.33 % | 48 | 2.31 % | |