Age

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Indicators
Indicator:	Age
Created/Raw:	not stated
Program:	Critical Care and Medicine
Start Date:	1988-07-11
End Date:
Reports:	Critical Care Program Quality Indicator Report, Directors Quarterly and Annual Report (Medicine), STB ICCS Mortality

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• SMW:
  • "not stated" is not in the list (Created, Raw) of allowed values for the "IndicatorCreatedRaw" property.

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• Default form:

Data Element (edit)
Field Name:	age
CCMDB Label:	not stated
CCMDB tab:	not stated
Table:	Created_Variables_Common_2021 table, Created_Variables_CC_2021 table
Data type:	number
Length:
Program:	Med and CC
Created/Raw:	Created
Start Date:	1988-07-11
End Date:	2300-01-01
Sort Index:	3

The number of years between Date of Birth and the last birthday prior to or on (Admit DtTm otherwise).

• SMW

Legacy implementation right in the table

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Usually used in aggregate form as "per location" and/or "per timeframe", e.g. by day/month/quarter/year x Ward/Unit x Hospital.

Uses

Critical Care

Part of the APACHE II score where patient's age falling under an age group(i.e. ≤44,45-54,55-64,65-74,≥75) has corresponding score

Critical Care QI domain

Understanding the population by showing aggregate counts of patients per age group (i.e. <40,40-60,61-80,>80)

Medicine

Part of ALERT Scale as Age and AgexAge

Sampling Plan / Procedure

100 % of all patients admitted to Medicine or Critical Care

Inclusion Criteria

All

Exclusion Criteria

None

Definition and Derivation

Function to calculate Age

• Both formula yields the same AGE values.

ACCESS

• CCMDB_Age = excel.WorksheetFunction.Floor(CInt(DateDiff("yyyy", Date of Birth, Admit DtTm)) + Int(Format(Admit DtTm, "mmdd") < Format(Date of Birth, "mmdd")), 1)

SAS

• Age=floor((intck('month',Date of Birth,Admit DtTm) - (day(Admit DtTm) < day(Date of Birth))) / 12)

Reported as

• Mean Age, Median Age, Minimum Age, Maximum Age for a given time-frame and/or location
• Counts and % of total patients based on age group for a given time frame and/or location

Frequency

• Time frame can be monthly, quarterly, yearly and can be based on admission dates or discharge dates

Related fields

• Date of Birth
• Admit DtTm