Clinical characteristics of 421 patients who underwent endovascular treatment of unruptured intracranial aneurysms
Age (yr) (n = 420) | |
Mean | 56 |
Median | 56 |
Interquartile range | 47–67 |
Range | 15–88 |
Female sex (n = 421) | 326 (77%) |
Race (n = 307) | |
White | 237 (77%) |
Black | 24 (8%) |
Hispanic | 22 (7%) |
Asian/Pacific Islands | 10 (3%) |
Native American | 3 (1%) |
Other | 11 (4%) |
Median household income for ZIP code of residence (n = 405) | |
<$25,000 | 36 (9%) |
$25,000–$34,999 | 117 (29%) |
$35,000–$44,999 | 122 (30%) |
>$45,000 | 130 (32%) |
Primary payer (n = 421) | |
Medicare | 113 (27%) |
Medicaid | 28 (7%) |
Private insurance | 257 (61%) |
Self-pay | 6 (1%) |
No charge | 2 (0.5%) |
Other | 15 (4%) |
Admission type (n = 279) | |
Emergency | 19 (7%) |
Urgent | 42 (15%) |
Routine | 218 (78%) |
Admission source (n = 417) | |
Emergency ward | 7 (2%) |
Transfer from acute care hospital | 21 (5%) |
Transfer from long term care | 11 (3%) |
Routine | 378 (91%) |
Year of treatment | |
1996 | 30 (7%) |
1997 | 82 (19%) |
1998 | 57 (14%) |
1999 | 125 (30%) |
2000 | 127 (30%) |