Sex differences in rates of permanent pacemaker implantation and in-hospital complications: A statewide cohort study of over 7 million persons from 2009–2018

Vijayatubini Vijayarajan, Leonard Kritharides, David Brieger, Yeu-Yao Cheng, Vincent Chow and Austin Chin Chwan Ng

PLOS ONE, 2022, vol. 17, issue 8, 1-14

Abstract: Background: Whether a bias exists in the implantation of permanent pacemakers (PPI) and complications according to sex and age in the Australian population is unclear. Hypothesis: Population rate of PPI and its complications differed between men and women. Methods: We examined the prevalence of PPI from January-2009 to December-2018 from datasets held by the New South Wales (NSW) Centre-for-Health-Record-Linkage, including patient’s characteristics and in-hospital complications. All analysis was stratified by sex and age by decade. Results: A total of 28,714 admissions involved PPI (40% women). The mean PPI rate (±standard-deviation) and median age (interquartile range) was 2,871±242 per-annum and 80yrs (73-86yrs), respectively. At the same time-period, the mean NSW population size was 7,487,393±315,505 persons (50% women; n = 3,773,756±334,912). The mean annual age-adjusted rate of PPI was 125.5±11.6 per-100,000-men, compared to 63.4±14.3 per-100,000-women (P

Date: 2022
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