Contemporary Trends of the Epidemiology, Clinical Characteristics, and Resource Utilization of Necrotizing Fasciitis in Texas: A Population-Based Cohort Study

Table 1

Characteristics of NF hospitalizations.

Group	n = 12,172
Age [years, (%)]
15–64	9,226 (75.8)
65–74	1,668 (13.7)
≥75	1,278 (10.5)
Gender [ (%)]^a
Female	5,036 (46)
Male	5,922 (54)
Race/ethnicity [ (%)]
Hispanic	4,138 (34)
Black	1,826 (15)
White	5,356 (44)
Other	852 (7)
Health insurance [ (%)]
Private	3,980 (33)
Medicare	4,008 (33)
Medicaid	1,408 (12)
Uninsured	2,354 (19)
Other	417 (4)
Missing	5 (<1)
Chronic comorbidities [ (%)]^b
Any	8,793 (72.2)
Congestive heart failure	1,557 (12.8)
Peripheral vascular disease	1,239 (10.2)
Chronic pulmonary disease	1,368 (11.2)
Diabetes mellitus	5,794 (47.6)
Dementia	90 (0.7)
Myocardial infarction	439 (3.6)
Connective tissue disease	287 (2.4)
Cerebrovascular disease	474 (3.9)
Chronic renal failure	1,882 (15.5)
Malignancy	578 (4.7)
Chronic liver disease	786 (6.5)
HIV^c infection	74 (0.6)
Deyo-Charlson score
mean (SD)	1.8 (1.9)
Obesity [ (%)]	1,855 (15.2)
Drug abuse [ (%)]	586 (4.8)
Alcohol abuse [ (%)]	628 (5.2)

Gender was masked in 1214 hospitalizations. The denominator used to derive female/male percentage for the cohort was based on hospitalizations with available gender designation (n = 10,958); ^bbased on the Deyo-Charlson comorbidity index; ^chuman immunodeficiency virus.