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. 2011 May 25;11:54. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-11-54

Table 1.

Baseline demographic characteristics of the original population, the population included in the analyses, the participants, and the group of elderly without information

Residents Individuals with information Participants Individuals without information
All, n 2,430 2,139 1,842 291
Men, n (%) 634 (26.1%) 553 (25.9%) 469 (25.5%) 81 (27.8%)
Women, n (%) 1,796 (73.9%) 1,586 (74.1%) 1,373 (74.5%) 210 (72.2%)
Mean age of men at interview (SD), years 86.9 (4.6) 1 87.2 (4.5)
Mean age of women at interview (SD), years 88.3 (4.8) 1 88.7 (4.7)
Mean age at interview, all (SD), years 88.0 (4.8) 1 88.4 (4.7)
Mean age at prevalence day, all (SD), years 87.2 (4.9) 87.3 (5.0) 87.6 (4.9) 86.3 (4.9) 2
Died in the year following interview, 3 % 12.8% n.a. 4 12.8% n.a. 4

1 At prevalence day for the individuals without interview; 2 Approximate estimates of the SD; 3 After prevalence day for those without interview; 4 The death rate was 12.9% in the 588 individuals without interview (297 with and 291 without information).