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Table 7 AE types by age groups, percent distribution (%)

From: Incidence of adverse events in an integrated US healthcare system: a retrospective observational study of 82,784 surgical hospitalizations

Age groups (yrs)

Care management

Transfusion

Clinical support services

Falls

Medications

Invasive-procedural

Other

Total RAEs

18-24

19.51

16.03

10.45

4.53

15.33

20.21

13.94

287

25-44

19.73

9.37

13.81

8.17

18.89

18.60

11.42

1,419

45-64

20.78

10.41

12.20

8.49

20.20

17.24

10.70

3,075

65-84

21.09

13.01

12.75

9.23

18.78

17.94

7.19

1,906

85 and above

27.81

14.20

8.88

11.24

14.20

15.98

7.69

169

Overall (%, sum)

20.77

11.25

12.53

8.53

19.18

17.81

9.93

6,856