Table 2
Distribution of socio-demographic, health, health behaviour and hospital experience characteristics, by hospital user category, household population aged 75 or older, Canada excluding Quebec and territories, 2007 to 2009

Table 2
Distribution of socio-demographic, health, health behaviour and hospital experience characteristics, by hospital user category, household population aged 75 or older, Canada excluding Quebec and territories, 2007 to 2009
Table summary
This table displays the results of Distribution of socio-demographic. The information is grouped by Characteristics (appearing as row headers), High users (30 or more days in one year), Non-high users (fewer than 30 days in one year), Not hospitalized, 000s , % and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Characteristics High users (30 or more days in one year) Non-high usersTable 2 Note † (fewer than 30 days in one year) Not hospitalized
000s % 95% confidence interval 000s % 95% confidence interval 000s % 95% confidence interval
from to from to from to
Population aged 75 or older (number and %) 36.0 2.6 2.2 3.1 203.3 14.8 13.9 15.6 1,138.3 82.6 81.7 83.5
Socio-demographic
Average age (years) Note ...: not applicable 82.4 81.5 83.3 Note ...: not applicable 81.4 81.1 81.7 Note ...: not applicable 80.5Note * 80.4 80.6
Sex
Men 15.6 43.4 36.1 51.0 96.5 47.5 44.5 50.5 477.2 41.9Note * 40.7 43.1
Women 20.4 56.6 49.0 63.9 106.8 52.5 49.5 55.5 661.1 58.1Note * 56.9 59.3
Household income
Not lowest 14.7 40.8 33.8 48.3 94.3 46.4 43.5 49.3 589.7 51.8Note * 50.2 53.4
Lowest 21.3 59.2 51.7 66.2 109.0 53.6 50.7 56.5 548.6 48.2Note * 46.6 49.8
Marital status
With partner 14.1 39.1 31.9 46.8 104.8 51.7 48.8 54.6 606.1 53.3 51.7 54.8
No partner 21.9 60.9Note * 53.2 68.1 97.9 48.3 45.4 51.2 531.7 46.7 45.2 48.3
Health
End of life
Alive full 365 days 26.4 73.3 65.9 79.7 180.3 88.7 86.6 90.4 1,127.4 99.0 98.7 99.3
Died 9.6 26.7Note * 20.3 34.1 23.0 11.3 9.6 13.4 10.9 1.0Note * 0.7 1.3
Incontinence
No 25.0 71.5 63.1 78.6 163.4 80.5 78.0 82.8 967.1 85.2 84.1 86.2
Yes 10.0 28.5 21.4 36.9 39.5 19.5 17.2 22.0 168.0 14.8Note * 13.8 15.9
Mental health condition
No 30.9 87.8 83.3 91.2 186.0 91.6 89.9 93.1 1,055.2 93.0 92.3 93.7
Yes 4.3 12.2 8.8 16.7 17.0 8.4 6.9 10.1 79.0 7.0 6.3 7.7
Heart disease
No 22.0 61.8 53.7 69.2 133.4 66.0 63.0 68.8 895.3 79.1 77.9 80.2
Yes 13.6 38.2 30.8 46.3 68.8 34.0 31.2 37.0 236.3 20.9Note * 19.8 22.1
Diabetes
No 28.6 80.0 72.1 86.1 159.2 78.4 75.7 80.9 950.7 83.6 82.3 84.7
Yes 7.2 20.0Note E: Use with caution 13.9 27.9 43.8 21.6 19.1 24.3 187.1 16.4Note * 15.3 17.7
Neurological condition
No 26.6 74.7 65.9 81.8 178.8 88.5 86.3 90.4 1,035.7 91.3 90.4 92.1
Yes 9.0 25.3 18.2 34.1 23.3 11.5 9.6 13.7 99.0 8.7Note * 7.9 9.6
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
No 29.8 86.4 80.4 90.9 178.2 88.2 86.2 90.0 1,059.2 93.7 92.9 94.4
Yes 4.7 13.6Note E: Use with caution 9.1 19.6 23.8 11.8 10.0 13.8 71.7 6.3Note * 5.6 7.1
Health behaviour
Body mass index (corrected)
Underweight 0.8 2.1 0.9 4.9 5.5 2.7 1.8 4.0 18.2 1.6 1.3 2.0
Normal/Overweight 20.2 56.3 48.4 63.8 126.7 62.3 58.8 65.7 788.5 69.3Note * 67.9 70.6
Obese 5.3 14.8 11.0 19.7 39.4 19.4 16.9 22.1 193.4 17.0 16.0 18.0
Missing 9.6 26.8 19.8 35.1 31.7 15.6 13.1 18.4 138.1 12.1 11.0 13.4
Physcial activity
Active 4.4 15.7 11.6 20.8 58.2 32.8 29.6 36.1 399.7 38.7 37.0 40.3
Inactive 24.0 84.3 79.2 88.4 119.5 67.2 63.9 70.4 634.0 61.3Note * 59.7 63.0
Hospital experience
Charlson comorbidity index score
Average Note ...: not applicable 0.46Note * 0.36 0.5596 Note ...: not applicable 0.25 0.22 0.28 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
0 22.7 63.0Note * 54.7 70.5 158.2 77.8 75.1 80.2 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
1 13.3 37.0Note * 29.5 45.3 45.1 22.2 19.8 24.9 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Discharged to long-term care
No 28.9 80.3 74.9 84.8 194.7 95.8 94.2 96.9 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Yes 7.1 19.7Note * 15.2 25.1 8.6 4.2 3.1 5.8 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
... not applicable
E use with caution
Note *

significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05)

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Note †

reference category

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Source: 2007 to 2009 Canadian Community Health Surveys linked to 2006/2007 to 2009/2010 Discharge Abstract Database and 2007 to 2010 Canadian Mortality Database.

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