Table 2
Number and percentage with acute care hospitalization or death during 25- to 36-month follow-up, by selected characteristics, household population aged 65 or older, Canada excluding territories and Quebec, 2008/2009

Table 2
Number and percentage with acute care hospitalization or death during 25- to 36-month follow-up, by selected characteristics, household population aged 65 or older, Canada excluding territories and Quebec, 2008/2009
Table summary
This table displays the results of Number and percentage with acute care hospitalization or death during 25- to 36-month follow-up. The information is grouped by Characteristics (appearing as row headers), Acute care hospitalization , Death, Number
''000, % and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Characteristics Acute care hospitalization Death
Number
''000		 % 95% confidence interval Number
''000		 % 95% confidence interval
from to from to
Total 760 26.1 24.8 27.5 195 6.7 6.1 7.4
Sex
Men 358 27.2 25.2 29.3 105 7.9Note * 6.8 9.2
WomenTable 2 Note † 402 25.2 23.5 27.1 90 5.7 5.0 6.4
Age group
65 to 74Table 2 Note † 306 18.8 17.1 20.6 49 3.0 2.4 3.8
75 or older 454 35.4Note * 33.3 37.6 146 11.4Note * 10.2 12.6
Main source of household income
Social assistance or Old Age Security and Guaranteed Income Supplement 157 28.6 25.9 31.5 49 8.9Note * 7.3 10.9
OtherTable 2 Note † 561 25.2 23.6 26.9 134 6.0 5.4 6.8
Self-perceived health
Good, very good, excellent 514 22.6Note * 21.2 24.2 118 5.2Note * 4.5 5.9
Fair, poorTable 2 Note † 246 38.7 35.5 42.0 77 12.1 10.4 14.0
Current daily smoker
Yes 71 31.6Note * 27.1 36.6 25 11.0Note * 8.3 14.4
NoTable 2 Note † 689 25.7 24.3 27.2 170 6.3 5.7 7.0
BMI category
Underweight 17 39.1Note * 29.8 49.3 7Note E: Use with caution 15.5Note * Note E: Use with caution 9.6 24.0
Normal weight/OverweightTable 2 Note † 537 26.3 24.8 27.9 143 7.0 6.3 7.8
Obese 194 25.1 22.4 28.0 41 5.3Note * 4.1 6.8
Nutritional risk
Yes 305 31.2Note * 28.8 33.6 92 9.4Note * 8.1 10.7
NoTable 2 Note † 455 23.6 21.9 25.3 103 5.4 4.7 6.1
E use with caution
Note *

significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05)

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Note †

reference category

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Sources: 2008/2009 Canadian Community Health Survey - Healthy Aging (CCHS-HA) share/link file; 2007/2008 to 2012/2013 Discharge Abstract Database; CCHS-HA linked Canadian Mortality Database.

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