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Table 1 CAP hospitalization rate based on census population and in-hospital mortality, by age groups, in 2001 and 2011

From: Factors associated with in-hospital mortality from community-acquired pneumonia in Portugal: 2000–2014

Age Group

Number of hospitalization episodes

CAP hospitalization rate per 1000 population

Ratio of CAP hospitalization rates

In-hospital mortality

p-value*

% (n)

2001

2011

2001

2011

2011/2001

2001

2011

0–4

3418

2465

6.7

5.4

0.805

0.3% (11)

0.2% (4)

< 0.001

5–14

1163

1097

1.1

1.1

0.964

0.9% (10)

0.4% (4)

0.376

15–24

444

469

0.3

0.4

1.344

5.2% (23)

2.4% (11)

< 0.001

25–44

2013

2036

0.7

0.7

1.029

4.9% (98)

5.6% (113)

0.314

45–64

3562

5393

1.5

2.0

1.331

9.4% (333)

10.5% (568)

< 0.001

65–74

4910

6311

5.2

6.3

1.214

15.2% (746)

15.8% (995)

< 0.001

> 75

11,906

25,571

17.6

27.6

1.562

25.1% (2986)

26.7% (6835)

< 0.001

Total

27,416

43,342

2.8

4.3

1.550

15.4% (4207)

19.7% (8530)

< 0.001

  1. * p-value refers to the comparison of in-hospital mortality proportion