Table 2
Number and percentage of deaths during 8- to 9-year follow-up, by social isolation measures and other selected baseline characteristics (2008/2009), by sex, household population aged 65 or older, Canada excluding territories


Table 2
Number and percentage of deaths during 8- to 9-year follow-up, by social isolation measures and other selected baseline characteristics (2008/2009), by sex, household population aged 65 or older, Canada excluding territories
Table summary
This table displays the results of Number and percentage of deaths during 8- to 9-year follow-up. The information is grouped by Baseline characteristics (2008/2009) (appearing as row headers), Men, Women, Number ''000, % and 95% confidence interval (appearing as column headers).
Baseline characteristics (2008/2009) Men Women
Number ''000 % 95% confidence interval Number ''000 % 95% confidence interval
from to from to
Total 621 32.5 30.8 34.3 603 25.8 24.4 27.2
Social isolation measure
Low participation
Yes 195 41.4Note * 37.9 45.0 204 37.2Note * 33.7 40.9
NoTable 2 Note † 426 29.7 27.7 31.7 398 22.3 20.8 23.8
Subjective isolation
Yes 70 38.6Note * 33.0 44.4 123 35.8Note * 31.2 40.5
NoTable 2 Note † 545 31.7 29.9 33.6 474 24.1 22.7 25.6
Sociodemographic
Age group
65 to 74Table 2 Note † 206 18.4 16.6 20.4 145 11.7 10.2 13.3
75 or older 415 52.6Note * 49.6 55.6 458 42.0Note * 39.6 44.4
Education
Post-secondaryTable 2 Note † 308 27.6 25.4 29.9 241 21.0 19.0 23.1
Less than post-secondary 299 39.5Note * 36.5 42.5 349 30.7Note * 28.8 32.8
Marital & living arrangement
Married / common-lawTable 2 Note † 454 29.7 27.7 31.7 182 15.7 13.8 17.8
Not married / common-law
Living with others 29 42.3Note * 33.7 51.3 105 38.3Note * 33.7 43.1
Living alone 138 44.3Note * 40.7 48.0 317 35.1Note * 33.1 37.1
Place of residence
UrbanTable 2 Note † 144 32.5 28.7 36.6 119 25.4 22.2 28.9
Rural 477 32.5 30.5 34.6 484 25.9 24.3 27.5
Health status and behaviours
Health utilities index
No or mild disabilityTable 2 Note † 268 24.2 22.1 26.5 207 16.8 15.2 18.7
Moderate disability 149 41.0Note * 36.5 45.7 128 27.6Note * 24.3 31.2
Severe disabiltiy 187 46.9Note * 42.8 51.1 251 43.1Note * 40.2 46.1
Smoker
Current (daily or occasional) 78 41.9Note * 36.2 48.0 85 36.9Note * 31.7 42.4
Former 432 32.6Note * 30.6 34.7 269 26.0Note * 24.0 28.2
NeverTable 2 Note † 110 27.7 23.9 32.0 249 23.2 21.4 25.0
Physical activity
Least active 204 55.1Note * 50.9 59.2 321 45.9Note * 42.8 49.0
Low to moderately active 144 36.7Note * 32.6 41.1 157 23.5Note * 21.0 26.1
Moderately to high active 156 30.9Note * 27.4 34.6 89 16.2Note * 13.8 19.1
Most activeTable 2 Note † 116 18.1 15.7 20.7 36 8.7 6.9 10.8
Note *

significantly different from estimate for reference category (p < 0.05)

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Note †

reference category

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Source: 2008/2009 Canadian Community Health Survey-Healthy Aging (CCHS-HA) linked to Canadian Vital Statistics Database (CVSD) up to December 31, 2017.

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