Clinical Conditions of Hospitalized Older Adult Patients and Their Outcomes in a Regional Referral Hospital in Southwestern Uganda

Table 2

Clinical conditions of older adult patients at admission in MRRH.

Disease condition	n (%)
Cancer	130 (14.5)
Stroke	94 (10.5)
Heart failure	76 (8.5)
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	56 (6.2)
Pneumonia	47 (5.2)
Head injury	45 (5.0)
Diabetes	43 (4.8)
Hypertension	36 (4.0)
Sepsis	35 (3.9)
Severe anemia	31 (3.4)
Severe malaria	25 (2.8)
Fractures	24 (2.7)
Intestinal obstruction	19 (2.1)
Renal disease	18 (2.0)
Hernia	13 (1.4)
Gastric outlet obstruction	12 (1.3)
Tuberculosis	11 (1.2)
Electrolyte imbalance	10 (1.1)
Upper gastrointestinal bleeding	10 (1.1)
Meningitis	9 (1.0)
Liver disease	9 (1.0)
Gangrene	8 (0.9)
Gastroenteritis	7 (0.7)
Dementia	5 (0.5)
Peritonitis	5 (0.5)
Alcohol intoxication	4 (0.4)
Oesophageal stricture	3 (0.3)
Others	104 (11.7)
Total	889 (100)