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Table 2 PWID Hospitalizations for Infections in Florida, FY 2017

From: A missed opportunity: underutilization of inpatient behavioral health services to reduce injection drug use sequelae in Florida

Characteristic

PWID Admissions (%)

Biological Sex

 Male

10,779 (54)

 Female

9222 (46)

Ethnicity

 Hispanic or Latinx

1608 (8)

 Non-Hispanic or Latinx

17,930 (90)

 Unknown

299 (2)

Race

 Black or African American

2281 (12)

 White

16,694 (84)

 Other

862 (4.4)

Age (years)

  < 29

3377 (17)

 30–39

5071 (25)

 40–49

3910 (20)

 50–59

4219 (21)

 60–75

3424 (17)

 Mean Age (years)

44.5 (IQR 33–56)

Insurance Status

Admissions (%)

 Federal

5625 (28)

 State, County, Local

5045 (25)

 Uninsured

6632 (33)

 Private Insurance

2411 (12)

 Other

124 (0.6)

Length of Stay (Days)

9.39 (IQR 3–12)

Discharge Status

 Discharge or transferred

15,913 (80)

 Expired

755 (4)

 Left AMA

3169 (16)

Infection Type a

 Skin and Soft Tissues

9586 (48)

 Osteomyelitis

2669 (14)

 Bacteremia/Sepsis

10,596 (53)

 Endocarditis

1908 (10)

  1. aMany admissions had more than one infection diagnosis coded per admission