Table 1. Frequencies and percentages of patients according to sex and age group, in relation to the total number of patients (São Paulo, 2008).

Age	Sex		Total
	Female	Male
60-69 years	84 (6.6%)	21 (1.7%)	105 (8.3%)
70-79 years	367 (28.9%)	116 (9.1%)	483 (38%)
³ 80 years	536 (42.2%)	146 (11.5%)	682 (53.7%)
Total	987 (77.7%)	283 (22.3%)	1270 (100%)