Table 2

Patient backgrounds before and after the earthquake in the disaster-affected and other areas

Before earthquakep ValueAfter earthquakep Value
Earthquake
18 270
Other
433 410
Earthquake
18 294
Other
482 153
Age, year, mean (SD)69.1 (16.8)69.3 (16.0)69.6 (17.0)70.2 (16.0)
Age, year, median (IQR)73 (60-81)72 (61–81)0.04674 (61–82)73 (62–82)0.542
Age category
 20–24310 (1.7)5427 (1.3)291 (1.6)5895 (1.2)
 25–29344 (1.9)6179 (1.4)319 (1.7)6505 (1.3)
 30–34345 (1.9)7453 (1.7)363 (2.0)7534 (1.6)
 35–39419 (2.3)9512 (2.2)461 (2.5)9729 (2.0)
 40–44427 (2.3)10 504 (2.4)480 (2.6)12 007 (2.5)
 45–49552 (3.0)12 932 (3.0)542 (3.0)13 923 (2.9)
 50–54832 (4.6)16 950 (3.9)731 (4.0)18 054 (3.7)
 55–591233 (6.7)26 776 (6.2)1065 (5.8)25 627 (5.3)
 60–641555 (8.5)43 372 (10.0)1695 (9.3)45 409 (9.4)
 65–691679 (9.2)48 296 (11.1)1570 (8.6)50 286 (10.4)
 70–742117 (11.6)57 101 (13.2)2064 (11.3)63 910 (13.3)
 75–792802 (15.3)63 880 (14.7)2606 (14.2)71 773 (14.9)
 80–842699 (14.8)58 628 (13.5)2711 (14.8)68 236 (14.2)
 ≥852956 (16.2)66 400 (15.3)3396 (18.6)83 265 (17.3)
Sex0.0070.034
 Male10 391 (56.9)250 860 (57.9)10 376 (56.7)277 272 (57.5)
 Female7879 (43.1)182 550 (42.1)7918 (43.3)204 881 (42.5)
Academic70 240 (16.2)74 580 (15.5)<0.0012102 (11.5)2154 (11.8)<0.001
Length of stay, median (IQR)10 (4–20)9 (4–18)<0.00111 (4–21)9 (4–18)<0.001
Charlson Comorbidity Index0 (0–2)0 (0–2)0.3621 (0–2)1 (0–2)<0.001
  • Data are presented in numbers with percentages unless otherwise stated.