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 table, Created_Variables_CC 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 (Accept DtTm if applicable, Arrive DtTm otherwise).

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Legacy implementation right in the table

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Age is part of the APACHE II score for Critical Care and ALERT Scale used in Medicine.

Function to calculate Age

• Both formula yields the same AGE values.

ACCESS

• CCMDB_Age = excel.WorksheetFunction.Floor(CInt(DateDiff("yyyy", DOB, Adm)) + Int(Format(Adm, "mmdd") < Format(DOB, "mmdd")), 1)
  • where Birth = Date of Birth and Adm = (Accept DtTm if available, Arrive DtTm otherwise)

SAS

• Age=floor((intck('month',Birth,R_Adm) - (day(R_Adm) < day(Birth))) / 12)
  • where Birth = Date of Birth and R_Adm = (Accept DtTm if available, Arrive DtTm otherwise)

Reported as

• Mean, Median, Minimum, Maximum in years per period of time
• Counts or scores based on age ranges per period of time

Frequency

• monthly, quarterly, yearly based on admission dates or discharge dates
• by site and by ward/unit

Related fields

• Date of Birth
• Accept DtTm
• Arrive DtTm