Number of admissions by speciality and type of admissions among women in Scotland with at least one admission, by smoking status at recruitment to the RCGP Oral Contraception Study
| Admitting specialty and number of admissions | All admitted women, (N = 3657), n (%) | Number of cigarettes smoked daily at recruitment | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-smokers, (n = 1808), n (%) | <15, (n = 1020), n (%) | ≥15, (n = 829), n (%) | P-value | ||
| Surgical | 0.486 | ||||
| 0 | 807 (22.1) | 408 (22.6) | 219 (21.5) | 180 (21.7) | |
| 1 | 809 (22.1) | 409 (22.6) | 232 (22.8) | 168 (20.3) | |
| 2 | 602 (16.5) | 308 (17.0) | 159 (15.6) | 135 (16.3) | |
| ≥3 | 1439 (39.4) | 683 (37.8) | 410 (40.2) | 346 (41.7) | |
| Cardiology | <0.001 | ||||
| 0 | 3283 (89.8) | 1660 (91.8) | 907 (88.9) | 716 (86.4) | |
| ≥1 | 374 (10.2) | 148 (8.2) | 113 (11.1) | 113 (13.6) | |
| Respiratory | <0.001 | ||||
| 0 | 3011 (82.3) | 1544 (85.4) | 831 (81.5) | 636 (76.7) | |
| 1 | 398 (10.9) | 181 (10.0) | 119 (11.7) | 98 (11.8) | |
| 2 | 133 (3.6) | 50 (2.8) | 40 (3.9) | 43 (5.2) | |
| ≥3 | 115 (3.1) | 33 (1.8) | 30 (2.9) | 52 (6.3) | |
| Other medical | <0.001 | ||||
| 0 | 504 (13.8) | 277 (15.3) | 139 (13.6) | 88 (10.6) | |
| 1 | 816 (22.3) | 438 (24.2) | 213 (20.9) | 165 (19.9) | |
| 2 | 646 (17.7) | 322 (17.8) | 173 (17.0) | 151 (18.2) | |
| ≥3 | 1691 (46.2) | 771 (42.6) | 495 (48.5) | 425 (51.3) | |
| Intensive therapy unit | <0.001 | ||||
| 0 | 3283 (89.8) | 1664 (92.0) | 915 (89.7) | 704 (84.9) | |
| ≥1 | 374 (10.2) | 14 (8.0) | 105 (10.3) | 125 (15.1) | |
| Accident and emergency | 0.738 | ||||
| 0 | 3525 (96.4) | 1741 (96.3) | 987 (96.8) | 797 (96.1) | |
| ≥1 | 132 (3.6) | 97 (3.7) | 33 (3.2) | 32 (3.9) | |
| Type of admission | |||||
| Emergency admission | <0.001 | ||||
| 0 | 956 (26.1) | 530 (29.3) | 251 (24.6) | 175 (21.1) | |
| 1 | 951 (26.0) | 501 (27.7) | 257 (25.2) | 193 (23.3) | |
| 2 | 602 (16.5) | 311 (17.2) | 163 (16.0) | 128 (15.4) | |
| ≥3 | 1148 (31.4) | 466 (25.8) | 349 (34.2) | 333 (40.2) | |
| Inpatient admission | <0.001 | ||||
| 0 | 329 (9.0) | 195 (10.8) | 74 (7.3) | 60 (7.2) | |
| 1 | 668 (18.3) | 347 (19.2) | 189 (18.5) | 132 (15.9) | |
| 2 | 530 (14.5) | 287 (15.9) | 138 (13.5) | 105 (12.7) | |
| ≥3 | 2130 (58.2) | 979 (54.1) | 619 (60.7) | 532 (64.2) | |