Environmental Health and Biostatistics and Computing GroupsDepartment of Community MedicineThe University of Hong Kong

Table A4: Comparison of total hospital discharges between HKU data and those from HA Statistical Report 95/96
 

 
1/4/1995 - 31/3/1996#
 
HKU
HA
Kong Wash Hospital (KWH)
63,583
63,583
Our Lady of Maryknoll Hospital (OLM)
8,564
8,564
Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH)
104,149
104,149
Pok Oi Hospital (POH)
11,432
11,432
Prince of Wales Hospital (PWH)
104,679
104,679
Pamela Youde Nethersole Hospital (PYN)
66,672@
61,263
Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH)
112,557
112,559
Queen Mary Hospital (QMH)
87,308
87,313
Ruttonjee Hospital (RH)
16,727
16,727
Tuen Mun Hospital (TMH)
83,117
83,118
United Christian Hospital (UCH)
51,266
51,293
Yan Chai Hospital (YCH)
39,508
39,508
Total:
749,562
744,188

# total hospital patient discharges
@ The excess 5409 cases in the HKU data set was day cases which cannot be excluded when the information technology Department generated the data set dur to missing of the identifier.

 Table A5.1: Summary statistics of daily hospital admissions due to circulatory and respiratory diseases by 3-month periods
 
Period
No. (days)
Mean
SD
Min
P25
Median
P75
Max
Jan-Mar 95:
90
343.4
56.84
211
306.2
344
379
489
Apr-Jun 95:
91
334.7
47.98
225
309.5
336
367
446
Jul-Sep 95:
92
316.5
43.29
209
284
319.5
345.2
404
Oct-Dec 95:
92
326.6
52.36
217
287
330
363.2
463
Jan-Mar 96:
91
391.7
71.05
242
344.5
383
442.5
556
Apr-Jun 96:
91
393.5
56.65
275
351
398
422.5
538
Jul-Sep 96:
92
359.4
62.64
243
315.8
357
392
515
Oct-Dec 96:
92
355.7
49.09
250
322.8
359
386.8
480
Jan-Mar 97:
90
365.9
54.01
220
328.2
370
402.8
476
Apr-Jun 97:
91
409.2
45.53
319
378.5
411
438
524

Min: Minimum; P25: 25% centile; P75: 75% centile; Max: Maximum
 

Table A5.2: Summary statistics of daily hospital admissions due to circulatory diseases by 3-month periods
 

Period
No.(days)
Mean
SD
Min
P25
Median
P75
Max
Jan-Mar 95:
90
154
30.82
74
129 159 174
232
Apr-Jun 95:
91
144.3
30.51
82
118 150 168
202
Jul-Sep 95:
92
141.9
30.56
68
117.8 149 163.2
200
Oct-Dec 95:
92
152.1
33.8
77
123.8 159 176
223
Jan-Mar 96:
91
175.8
39.03
84
148 181 205
260
Apr-Jun 96:
91
158.8
36.14
85
123 167 182
226
Jul-Sep 96:
92
153.5
34.49
87
127 160.5 178.2
227
Oct-Dec 96:
92
161.9
31.19
95
136 168 184.2
219
Jan-Mar 97:
90
163.3
35.72
85
133.2 170 190
234
Apr-Jun 97:
91
160.8
29.43
94
137.5 170 183
212

Min: Minimum; P25: 25% centile; P75: 75% centile; Max: Maximum
 

Table A5.3: Summary statistics of daily hospital admissions due to respiratory diseases by 3-month periods
 

Period
No. (days)
Mean
SD
Min
P25 Median P75
Max
Jan-Mar 95:
90
189.4
34.61
116
163.5 186 212
287
Apr-Jun 95:
91
190.5
26.42
132
172.5 191 205
260
Jul-Sep 95:
92
174.5
17.95
133
162.8 173 188.2
213
Oct-Dec 95:
92
174.5
23.93
120
156 174.5 187.2
240
Jan-Mar 96:
91
216
42.67
134
181 215 249.5
319
Apr-Jun 96:
91
234.7
30.89
167
212.5 231 253.5
315
Jul-Sep 96:
92
206
43.72
147
173 192 238.8
320
Oct-Dec 96:
92
193.9
26.97
143
172 192.5 213.2
272
Jan-Mar 97:
90
202.5
27.04
132
185.2 200.5 215.8
264
Apr-Jun 97:
91
248.4
28.74
199
225 246 266
332

Min: Minimum; P25: 25% centile; P75: 75% centile; Max: Maximum
 
 

Table A6.1: Summary statistics of daily hospital admissions by disease groups (1995-96)
 

Disease
No. (days)
Mean
SD
Min
P25
Median
P75
Max
Combined*
731
352.6
61.38
209
311
349
388
556
Circulatory
731
155.3
34.73
68
126
160
180
260
Respiratory
731
197.4
37.25
116
170
190
219.5
320
Asthma
731
25.1
8.42
9
19
24
30
63
COPD
731
73.4
15.85
40
62
72
84.5
128
IHD
731
35.6
10.61
8
28
35
44
76

* Combined circulatory and respiratory diseases

Note : COPD - Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

IHD - Ischaemic heart disease
 
 

Table A6.2: Summary statistics of daily hospital admissions by disease groups (1997#)
 

Disease
No. (days)
Mean
SD
Min
P25
Median
P75
Max
Combined*
181
387.6
54.32
220
352
391
420
524
Circulatory
181
162.0
32.64
85
135
170
187
234
Respiratory
181
225.6
36.11
132
200
223
251
332
Asthma
181
21.0
5.60
7
17
21
24
41
COPD
181
75.0
11.84
47
67
74
82
112
IHD
181
36.2
9.16
16
29
37
43
61

* Combined circulatory and respiratory diseases

# first half year

Note : COPD - Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

IHD - Ischaemic heart disease
 
 

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