Table 3 Hospital admissions and emergency room visits related to rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis by age and sex
Characteristic | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | Rate* | n | Rate* | n | Rate* | n | Rate* | n | Rate* | n | Rate* | |
Emergency room visits | ||||||||||||
Age group | ||||||||||||
18–19 years | 8 | dat | 30 | 70.1 | 74 | 124.8 | 16 | 32.5 | 3 | 5.7 | 26 | 73.4 |
20–24 years | 115 | 83.8 | 105 | 69.2 | 102 | 52.7 | 69 | 43.7 | 87 | 46.5 | 81 | 52.9 |
25–29 years | 173 | 77.4 | 521 | 205.4 | 292 | 93.1 | 178 | 66.1 | 111 | 36.3 | 68 | 25.2 |
30–34 years | 236 | 70.0 | 218 | 57.2 | 309 | 65.4 | 91 | 23.2 | 69 | 14.7 | 45 | 10.8 |
35–39 years | 488 | 94.6 | 578 | 97.3 | 279 | 38.5 | 95 | 16.0 | 207 | 29.5 | 111 | 17.7 |
40–44 years | 805 | 120.0 | 532 | 71.1 | 322 | 34.4 | 839 | 106.0 | 225 | 23.1 | 409 | 46.6 |
45–49 years | 821 | 84.9 | 663 | 62.7 | 402 | 30.4 | 305 | 28.8 | 201 | 16.3 | 341 | 30.9 |
50–54 years | 1,353 | 101.2 | 985 | 66.3 | 629 | 34.3 | 333 | 21.8 | 172 | 9.9 | 372 | 24.9 |
55–59 years | 1,362 | 97.5 | 1,120 | 69.8 | 593 | 29.4 | 573 | 32.6 | 223 | 11.0 | 274 | 15.4 |
60–64 years | 1,107 | 88.0 | 1,186 | 82.2 | 608 | 32.2 | 516 | 31.2 | 189 | 9.7 | 211 | 12.0 |
65–69 years | 909 | 90.5 | 1,082 | 92.7 | 465 | 30.2 | 427 | 31.1 | 233 | 14.3 | 261 | 17.0 |
70–74 years | 495 | 71.4 | 535 | 64.8 | 452 | 41.0 | 178 | 17.8 | 161 | 13.6 | 124 | 11.0 |
75–79 years | 276 | 57.5 | 550 | 99.1 | 178 | 24.2 | 93 | 14.4 | 70 | 9.3 | 115 | 15.6 |
> 80 years | 241 | 61.6 | 404 | 87.2 | 190 | 31.2 | 210 | 37.0 | 250 | 36.8 | 146 | 22.2 |
Total | 8,389 | 88.8 | 8,509 | 79.0 | 4,895 | 35.6 | 3,923 | 33.1 | 2,201 | 15.9 | 2,584 | 20.6 |
Sex | ||||||||||||
Female | 7,076 | 95.1 | 6,841 | 81.3 | 3,960 | 37.5 | 3,096 | 34.4 | 1,723 | 16.0 | 2,087 | 21.4 |
Male | 1,313 | 88.0 | 1,668 | 97.7 | 935 | 43.4 | 827 | 44.9 | 478 | 22.6 | 497 | 25.4 |
Hospital admissions | ||||||||||||
Age group | ||||||||||||
18–19 years | 32 | 90.1 | 25 | 58.4 | 47 | 79.3 | 15 | 30.5 | 148 | 282.4 | 52 | 146.9 |
20–24 years | 57 | 41.5 | 88 | 58.0 | 102 | 52.7 | 185 | 117.1 | 155 | 82.8 | 186 | 121.6 |
25–29 years | 60 | 26.9 | 172 | 67.8 | 70 | 22.3 | 107 | 39.7 | 256 | 83.8 | 315 | 116.8 |
30–34 years | 106 | 31.4 | 400 | 104.9 | 388 | 82.1 | 279 | 71.1 | 258 | 54.9 | 306 | 73.3 |
35–39 years | 355 | 68.8 | 432 | 72.7 | 305 | 42.1 | 542 | 91.0 | 368 | 52.5 | 561 | 89.4 |
40–44 years | 238 | 35.5 | 510 | 68.1 | 498 | 53.3 | 476 | 60.2 | 542 | 55.6 | 727 | 82.9 |
45–49 years | 475 | 49.1 | 896 | 84.7 | 646 | 48.8 | 432 | 40.8 | 755 | 61.1 | 1127 | 102.0 |
50–54 years | 692 | 51.7 | 1455 | 98.0 | 1006 | 54.9 | 615 | 40.2 | 1105 | 63.5 | 900 | 60.2 |
55–59 years | 631 | 45.1 | 1249 | 77.9 | 1642 | 81.3 | 964 | 54.9 | 1910 | 94.0 | 1859 | 104.3 |
60–64 years | 772 | 61.4 | 1370 | 95.0 | 1135 | 60.1 | 907 | 54.8 | 1220 | 62.9 | 1470 | 83.9 |
65–69 years | 752 | 74.9 | 1084 | 92.9 | 1252 | 81.4 | 799 | 58.2 | 684 | 41.9 | 1710 | 111.4 |
70–74 years | 355 | 51.2 | 563 | 68.2 | 573 | 52.0 | 905 | 90.3 | 889 | 75.2 | 1367 | 121.5 |
75–79 years | 286 | 59.6 | 498 | 89.7 | 423 | 57.6 | 272 | 42.2 | 383 | 51.0 | 784 | 106.4 |
> 80 years | 234 | 59.8 | 459 | 99.1 | 616 | 101.1 | 477 | 84.1 | 522 | 76.9 | 678 | 103.2 |
Total | 5045 | 53.4 | 9201 | 85.4 | 8703 | 63.3 | 6975 | 58.9 | 9195 | 66.2 | 12,042 | 95.8 |
Sex | ||||||||||||
Female | 4143 | 55.7 | 7498 | 89.1 | 6843 | 64.7 | 5599 | 62.2 | 7243 | 67.2 | 9803 | 100.3 |
Male | 902 | 60.5 | 1703 | 99.8 | 1860 | 86.3 | 1376 | 74.7 | 1952 | 92.3 | 2239 | 114.3 |