Age 18–30 years | N=20 669 | N=4487 | |
Pneumothorax type | | | 0.95 |
Idiopathic | 19 359 (94%) | 4204 (94%) |
Secondary | 1310 (6%) | 283 (6%) |
Place of hospitalisation | | | 0.33 |
Surgical ward | 6303 (30%) | 1396 (31%) |
Medical ward | 14 366 (70%) | 3091 (69%) |
Intensive or intermediate care unit | 4773 (23%) | 1045 (23%) | 0.79 |
Surgical treatment | 5700 (28%) | 1235 (28%) | 0.93 |
Hospitalisation duration, days, mean (SD) | 5.4 (4.5) | 5.5 (5.3) | 0.06 |
Rehospitalisation, n (%) | 10 841 (52%) | 2510 (56%) | 0.001 |
Age 31–50 years | N=10 620 | N=5286 | |
Pneumothorax type | | | 0.26 |
Idiopathic | 9264 (87%) | 4648 (88%) |
Secondary | 1356 (13%) | 638 (12%) |
Place of hospitalisation | | | <0.0001 |
Surgical ward | 3071 (29%) | 1677 (32%) |
Medical ward | 7549 (71%) | 3609 (68%) |
Intensive or intermediate care unit | 2838 (27%) | 1393 (26%) | 0.63 |
Surgical treatment | 2745 (26%) | 1464 (28%) | 0.004 |
Hospitalisation duration, days, mean (SD) | 6.3 (7.8) | 6.2 (6.4) | 0.12 |
Rehospitalisation, n (%) | 4907 (46%) | 2835 (54%) | <0.0001 |
Age 50–65 years | N=5821 | N=1953 | |
Pneumothorax type | | | <0.0001 |
Idiopathic | 3778 (65%) | 1508 (77%) |
Secondary | 2043 (35%) | 445 (23%) |
Place of hospitalisation | | | 0.0001 |
Surgical ward | 1381 (24%) | 382 (20%) |
Medical ward | 4440 (76%) | 1571 (80%) |
Intensive or intermediate care unit | 1975 (34%) | 627 (32%) | 0.16 |
Surgical treatment | 1155 (20%) | 326 (17%) | <0.0001 |
Hospitalisation duration, days, mean (SD) | 10.1 (14.5) | 9.5 (14.8) | <0.0001 |
Rehospitalisation, n (%) | 2616 (45%) | 747 (38%) | <0.0001 |