Characteristics of Hospitalizations in Oklahoma, 1995*
Preliminary Data - Not for Public Release

Overall:
60% of admissions were female 78% of admissions were White 50% of admissions were 50+ years of age - Note: 50+ year olds make up only 28% of the state population Discharge Status: 83% discharged to home 10.5% transferred to non-short-term facilities 2.8% died 82% of admissions stayed in the hospital one week or less Almost 60% of admissions were covered by Medicare (38%) or Medicaid (19%)
The most frequent reasons for hospitalization were: Newborns (10.2% of Admissions), Pneumonia (4.8% of Admissions), and Coronary atherosclerosis & other heart disease (4% of Admissions).
Conditions resulting in the longest stays in the hospital were: Respiratory distress syndrome (infants) (28.2 days), Short gestation, low birth weight, & fetal growth retardation (28.1 days), and Birth trauma (infants) (21.8 days).
Conditions resulting in the highest charges per stay in the hospital were: Short gestation, low birth weight, & fetal growth retardation ($64,620), Respiratory distress syndrome (infant) ($52,668), and Birth trauma (infants) ($39,715).
Conditions resulting in the overall highest total charges were: Coronary atherosclerosis & other heart disease ($219,846,266), Pneumonia ($148,282,431), and Acute myocardial infarction (Heart attack) ($143,354,884).
Conditions from which patients were most likely to die from were: Cardiac arrest & ventricular fibrillation (51.7% died), Shock (48.1% died), and Intrauterine hypoxia & birth asphyxia (40% died).
Conditions resulting in the most patient deaths were: Pneumonia (1,067 deaths), Acute myocardial infarction (Heart attack) (831 deaths), and Acute cerebrovascular disease (Stroke) (706 deaths).
The most frequent principal procedures were: Circumcision (3.9% of principal procedures), Other procedures to assist delivery (2.5% of principal procedures), and Cesarean section (2.4% of principal procedures).
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*Data represent inpatient discharges from 67 of 118 licensed hospitals.