Table 3
Percentage of household population aged 50 or older classified as high hospital users and number/percentage of total hospital days, by province and age group, Canada excluding Quebec and territories, 2007 to 2009

Table 3
Percentage of household population aged 50 or older classified as high hospital users and number/percentage of total hospital days, by province and age group, Canada excluding Quebec and territories, 2007 to 2009
Table summary
This table displays the results of Percentage of household population aged 50 or older classified as high hospital users and number/percentage of total hospital days. The information is grouped by Province (appearing as row headers), High users as % of age group, Hospital days of high users , 50 to 74, 75 or older, %, 95% confidence interval, Number (000s) and % of total days spent in hospital by age group, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province High users as % of age group Hospital days of high users
50 to 74 75 or older 50 to 74 75 or older
% 95% confidence interval % 95% confidence interval Number (000s) % of total days spent in hospital by age group Number (000s) % of total days spent in hospital by age group
% 95% confidence interval % 95% confidence interval
from to from to from to from to
Canada (excluding Quebec and territories) 0.5 0.4 0.6 2.6 2.2 3.1 1,995.4 45.6 39.2 51.9 2,243.7 56.1 51.7 60.4
Newfoundland and Labrador 0.4Note E: Use with caution 0.2 0.7 Note E: Use with caution Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 35.0 35.8Note E: Use with caution 21.3 50.3 32.1 46.5Note E: Use with caution 27.6 65.4
Prince Edward Island 0.6Note E: Use with caution 0.3 1.1 Note E: Use with caution Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 21.8 57.1Note E: Use with caution 34.5 79.7 25.9 61.5Note E: Use with caution 40.0 82.9
Nova Scotia 0.4Note E: Use with caution 0.3 0.7 3.0Note E: Use with caution 1.8 4.9 93.1 45.1 30.7 59.5 94.3 52.1 36.8 67.3
New Brunswick 0.6Note E: Use with caution 0.3 1.1 4.2Note E: Use with caution 2.7 6.5 74.7 35.6Note E: Use with caution 19.7 51.6 151.3 69.1 54.1 84.2
Ontario 0.4Note E: Use with caution 0.3 0.7 2.1Note * 1.6 2.9 936.2 45.4 32.9 57.9 878.2 49.9Note * 41.9 57.8
Manitoba 0.6Note E: Use with caution 0.3 1.0 5.4Note * 4.0 7.4 93.3 43.1 29.6 56.6 230.8 73.3Note * 64.6 82.1
Saskatchewan 1.0Note E: Use with caution Note * 0.7 1.5 2.8Note E: Use with caution 2.0 4.0 145.3 54.3 41.8 66.9 117.9 52.3 39.8 64.8
Alberta 0.8Note E: Use with caution 0.5 1.2 2.6Note E: Use with caution 1.6 4.2 346.9 54.5 39.8 69.2 275.8 59.5 46.0 73.0
British Columbia 0.4Note E: Use with caution 0.2 0.6 2.7 2.0 3.7 249.1 38.8 28.0 49.6 437.4 60.4 50.6 70.1
... not applicable
E use with caution
F too unreliable to be published
Note *

significantly different from rest of Canada (p < 0.05); for example, Ontario compared with Canada excluding Ontario

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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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