04 February 2023: Database Analysis
A National Registry-Based Epidemiological Study to Evaluate 395 646 Patients Hospitalized Due to Eye Diseases in Poland in 2019
Agnieszka Kamińska 1ABCDEF* , Jarosław Pinkas 2DE , Paweł Goryński 3BE , Mateusz Jankowski 2ACEDOI: 10.12659/MSM.939351
Med Sci Monit 2023; 29:e939351
Table 6 Epidemiological characteristics of 23 677 hospital admissions (H35.3) due to age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in Poland, January–December 2019.
| Variable | Hospital admissions due to age-related macular degeneration (AMD)*n=23 677 | |
|---|---|---|
| n | % | |
| Male | 9885 | 41.7 |
| Female | 13 792 | 58.3 |
| 0–17 | 18 | 0.1 |
| 18–29 | 96 | 0.4 |
| 30–39 | 258 | 1.1 |
| 40–49 | 474 | 2.0 |
| 50–59 | 1601 | 6.8 |
| 60–69 | 5635 | 23.8 |
| 70–79 | 8610 | 36.4 |
| 80+ | 6985 | 29.5 |
| Rural | 5861 | 24.8 |
| Urban | 17 816 | 75.2 |
| Yes | 6859 | 29.0 |
| No | 16 819 | 71.0 |
| Emergency | 1505 | 6.4 |
| Scheduled | 22 172 | 93.6 |
| 21 672 | 91.5 | |
| 1 day | 840 | 3.5 |
| 2 days | 959 | 4.1 |
| 3 days or more | 206 | 0.9 |
| 1 | 23 644 | 99.9 |
| 2 or more | 33 | 0.1 |
| Ophthalmology | 22 775 | 96.2 |
| One-day Surgery Department | 79 | 0.3 |
| Emergency Department | 679 | 2.9 |
| Other wards | 144 | 0.6 |
| Completion of the therapeutic or diagnostic process | 9059 | 38.3 |
| Referral for further treatment in the outpatient clinic | 14 618 | 61.7 |