Table 2
Prevalence of hospitalization and cumulative length of stay among seniors (aged 65 or older), by immigration status, period of arrival, selected world region of origin, and selected causes, Ontario, 2004 to 2006

Table 2
Prevalence of acute care hospitalization and cumulative length of stay among seniors (aged 65 or older), by immigration status, period of arrival, selected world region of origin, and selected causes, Ontario, 2004 to 2006
Table summary
This table displays the results of Prevalence of acute care hospitalization and cumulative length of stay among seniors (aged 65 or older) Total, Canadian-born, Immigrants, Period of arrival and Region of origin (appearing as column headers).
Cause, hospitalization and length of stay	Total	Canadian-born	Immigrants
			Total	Period of arrival			Region of origin
			Total	Long-term (before 1984)	Medium-term (1984 to 1993)	Recent (1994 to 2003)	Europe	East Asia	South Asia	Other
Study cohort	277,955	162,765	115,190	95,715	10,700	8,775	78,545	9,470	6,445	20,730
% distribution	100	59	41	34	4	3	28	3	2	7
Total
Hospitalized (%)	20.3	21.6	18.3^Note *	19.3^Note *	15.0^Note *	12.2^Note *	20.0^Note *	9.8^Note *	16.4^Note *	16.4^Note *
Hospital stay (mean number of days)	10.1	10.3	9.9^Note *	9.8^Note *	10.3	9.5^Note *	9.9^Note *	9.4^Note *	10.5	9.5^Note *
Circulatory diseases
Hospitalized (%)	5.9	6.4	5.3^Note *	5.6^Note *	4.3^Note *	3.3^Note *	5.9^Note *	2.0^Note *	5.5^Note *	4.5^Note *
Hospital stay (mean number of days)	9.3	9.2	9.4	9.3	10.1	9.6	9.4	8.0	9.7	9.6
Digestive diseases
Hospitalized (%)	3.2	3.4	2.9^Note *	3.0^Note *	2.5^Note *	1.9^Note *	3.2	1.9^Note *	1.9^Note *	2.5^Note *
Hospital stay (mean number of days)	7.0	7.1	6.7^Note *	6.7	6.6	6.6	6.6^Note *	6.4	8.7	6.7
Note * ignificantly different from Canadian-born (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Source: Linked 2006 Census-Hospital Discharge Database, Ontario.

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