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Table 2 Characteristics of hospice patients admitted during the peak period of the severe acute respiratory syndrome and one year earlier

From: Hospice utilization during the SARS outbreak in Taiwan

 

Admission in May/June 2002 (N = 818), n (%)

Admission in May/June 2003 (N = 566), n (%)

P value

Gender

  

0.669*

   Female

352 (43.0)

249 (44.0)

 

   Male

465 (56.8)

317 (56.0)

 

   Unknown

1 (0.1)

  

Age in years

64.6 (SD 14.6)

64.6 (SD 15.0)

0.946**

Primary diagnosis

  

0.981*

   Ca of trachea, bronchus, & lung

147 (18.0)

98 (17.3)

 

   Ca of liver & intrahepatic bile ducts

140 (17.1)

93 (16.4)

 

   Ca of colon

56 (6.8)

37 (6.5)

 

   Ca of female breast

48 (5.9)

40 (7.1)

 

   Ca of stomach

51 (6.2)

30 (5.3)

 

   Ca of pancreas

37 (4.5)

24 (4.2)

 

   Ca of rectum, rectosigmoid junction, & anus

32 (3.9)

21 (3.7)

 

   Ca of cervix uteri

29 (3.5)

19 (3.4)

 

   Others

278 (34.0)

204 (36.0)

 
  1. *Pearson's chi-square test, two-sided.
  2. **Two-sample t-test, two-tailed.