Table 1.
Patients' characteristics at admission.
| 2005-6 n = 15,244 |
2006-7 n = 15,109 |
2007-8 n = 14,589 |
Total N = 44,942 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median (IQ) age in years | 82 (76-87) | 82 (76-87) | 82 (75-87) | 82 (76-87) |
| Women | 10,893 (71.5) | 10,627 (70.3) | 10,052 (68.9) | 31,572 (70.3) |
| Married | 5,870 (38.5) | 5,992 (39.7) | 6,116 (41.9) | 17,978 (40.0) |
| Non-Indigenous | 15,209 (99.8) | 15,040 (99.5) | 14,477 (99.2) | 44,726 (99.5) |
| Hospital insurance | 4,611 (30.3) | 4,683 (31.0) | 4,549 (31.2) | 13,843 (30.8) |
| ESC* | 11,721 (76.9) | 11,403 (75.5) | 10,838 (74.3) | 33,962 (75.6) |
| Most disadvantaged† | 1,931 (12.9) | 2,018 (13.6) | 1,953 (13.6) | 5,902 (13.3) |
| Least disadvantaged‡ | 2,076 (13.8) | 1,984 (13.3) | 1,880 (13.1) | 5,940 (13.4) |
Values are numbers (percentages) unless stated otherwise
IQ = Interquartile range. ESC = English-speaking country of birth.
* Nine patients across the three fiscal years had missing country of birth.
† The lowest decile of the socio-economic index.
‡ The highest decile of the socio-economic index.