Table 1

Demographics, hospitalisations and mortality of cohort

	In hospital on 10 April 2013*		Died within 7 days		Died within 30 days		Died within 3 months		Died within 6 months		Died within 9 months		Died within 12 months
	n=6074		n=98		n=276		n=488		n=665		n=768		n=878
	n	Col %	n	Row %	n	Row %	n	Row %	n	Row %	n	Row %	n	Row %
All	6074	100.0	98	1.6	276	4.5	488	8.0	665	10.9	768	12.6	878	14.5
Gender
Woman	3302	54.4	48	1.5	141	4.3	249	7.5	331	10.0	381	11.5	432	13.1
Man	2772	45.6	50	1.8	135	4.9	239	8.6	334	12.0	387	14.0	446	16.1
Age at discharge (year)
0–14	949	15.6	3	0.3	5	0.5	9	0.9	13	1.4	14	1.5	17	1.8
15–59	2269	37.4	20	0.9	47	2.1	78	3.4	107	4.7	127	5.6	154	6.8
60–64	376	6.2	5	1.3	18	4.8	36	9.6	50	13.3	53	14.1	59	15.7
65–69	476	7.8	6	1.3	15	3.2	36	7.6	58	12.2	74	15.5	79	16.6
70–74	469	7.7	13	2.8	32	6.8	56	11.9	78	16.6	89	19.0	104	22.2
75–79	472	7.8	9	1.9	34	7.2	66	14.0	87	18.4	99	21.0	114	24.2
80–84	487	8.0	15	3.1	56	11.5	85	17.5	110	22.6	129	26.5	141	29.0
≥85 years	576	9.5	27	4.7	69	12.0	122	21.2	162	28.1	183	31.8	210	36.5
Prioritised ethnicity
European	4198	69.1	74	1.8	214	5.1	368	8.8	505	12.0	584	13.9	661	15.7
Māori	931	15.3	11	1.2	27	2.9	56	6.0	85	9.1	96	10.3	118	12.7
Pacific	460	7.6	8	1.7	19	4.1	31	6.7	40	8.7	47	10.2	53	11.5
Asian	369	6.1	4	1.1	11	3.0	21	5.7	23	6.2	25	6.8	27	7.3
Other	116	1.9	1	0.9	5	4.3	12	10.3	12	10.3	16	13.8	19	16.4
Specialty of index stay
Medicine	2621	43.2	81	3.1	220	8.4	380	14.5	511	19.5	581	22.2	654	25.0
Surgery	2490	41.0	15	0.6	53	2.1	103	4.1	148	5.9	181	7.3	217	8.7
Procedure	963	15.9	2	0.2	3	0.3	5	0.5	6	0.6	6	0.6	7	0.7
Admission type of index stay
Acute admission	4117	67.8	89	2.2	249	6.0	433	10.5	582	14.1	661	16.1	749	18.2
Arranged admission	1093	18.0	9	0.8	25	2.3	46	4.2	60	5.5	74	6.8	84	7.7
Admission from waitlist	864	14.2	0	–	2	0.2	9	1.0	23	2.7	33	3.8	45	5.2
Any record of cancer (this or prior hospital stay)
No	4778	78.7	62	1.3	142	3.0	240	5.0	330	6.9	386	8.1	448	9.4
Yes	1296	21.3	36	2.8	134	10.3	248	19.1	335	25.8	382	29.5	430	33.2
Deprivation quintile (NZDep06)†
Q1 (most deprived)	1584	26.1	28	1.8	76	4.8	133	8.4	180	11.4	207	13.1	235	14.8
Q2	1434	23.6	19	1.3	68	4.7	107	7.5	155	10.8	181	12.6	210	14.6
Q3	1257	20.7	14	1.1	46	3.7	92	7.3	132	10.5	157	12.5	185	14.7
Q4	945	15.6	26	2.8	51	5.4	91	9.6	115	12.2	129	13.7	141	14.9
Q5 (least deprived)	809	13.3	10	1.2	29	3.6	58	7.2	75	9.3	86	10.6	98	12.1

Row and Column %s add up to 100.
*Only publicly funded hospitalisations included.
†45 patients have no deprivation information.
NZDep06, New Zealand Deprivation Index 2006 decile.