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Table 1 Hong Kong population and annual public hospital and ICU admissions

From: Characteristics and outcomes of patients admitted to adult intensive care units in Hong Kong: a population retrospective cohort study from 2008 to 2018

 

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

Hong Kong population

6,957,800

6,972,800

6,832,500

6,886,800

6,949,700

6,986,200

7,022,600

7,079,800

7,146,400

7,391,700

7,451,000

Proportion of population age ≥ 80 years old

3.3

3.5

3.7

3.9

4.0

4.2

4.4

4.5

4.7

4.8

4.9

ICU admissions

11,267

11,341

11,141

11,696

12,122

11,578

11,022

12,781

13,195

13,647

14,068

ICU admission per 10,000 population

16

16

16

17

17

17

16

18

18

18

19

Hospital admissions

867,805

907,270

936,743

958,981

983,756

989,709

1,016,499

1,037,616

1,086,443

1,123,019

1,118,657

ICU admissions per 10,000 hospital admissions

130

125

119

122

123

117

108

123

121

121

126

Crude hospital mortality (per 1000 patients)

25.4

24.5

23.8

22.8

22.4

23.2

22.4

22.6

20.9

20.7

20.7

ICU occupancy (%)

74.8

73.8

73.6

73.5

75.8

77.3

78.5

78.7

80.1

79.6

80.6

  1. Population structure of Hong Kong during 2008 to 2018 and annual admission statistics to public hospitals and ICUs
  2. ICU intensive care unit