Hospitalized Respiratory Illness Demographics for Patients Over 50, Valencia 2014–2020

Demographic characteristics of patients aged 50 years or older hospitalized for acute respiratory illness in Valencia, Spain, from 2014 to 2020. The data is categorized by the presence of a single detected respiratory virus or no virus detected. The dataset was authored by Sandra S. Chaves and is shared under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Compare demographic profiles between virus-positive and virus-negative hospitalized patients based on the described categorization.
• Analyze age and other demographic factors in acute respiratory illness hospitalizations for the over-50 population.
• Study temporal trends in respiratory virus detections among hospitalized older adults in Valencia over the 2014–2020 period.

Strengths

• Data covers a 7-year time range from 2014 to 2020.
• Focuses on a specific patient population: individuals aged 50+ hospitalized for acute respiratory illness.
• Includes a clear categorization variable: presence of a single respiratory virus or no virus detected.

Limitations

• The dataset is very small at 13.5 KB, indicating limited scope and detail.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Sandra S. Chaves via figshare.

Collection Method

Likely collected from hospital records in Valencia, Spain.

Time Range

2014–2020

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-20 17:37:07; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Valencia, Spain