Table 2.

Distribution of main exposure and outcome variables^a.

	Percentile - LTC group
		1.00	2.00	3.00	4.00	5.00	6.00	All	P value
Population (N)	Men, age 67-84	83212	73065	40454	11235	6079	8341	222386	< 0.000**
	Men, age 85-105	15050	8284	2218	820	777	915	28064
	Women, age 65-79	3334	10311	28690	53965	62244	56606	215150
	Women, age 80-105	861	9629	27184	33351	35234	33817	140076
	All	102457	101289	98546	99370	104333	99678	605676
Rate LTC- users (users per 1000 inhabitants)	Men, age 67-84	116	140	122	129	141	193	129	< 0.000*
	Men, age 85-105	488	548	688	776	768	951	553	< 0.000*
	Women, age 65-79	57	71	121	129	137	187	141	< 0.000*
	Women, age 80-105	691	657	506	551	573	655	581	< 0.000*
	All	174	215	241	276	289	353	258	< 0.000*
Rate hospital days (days per 1000 inhabitants)	Men, age 67-84	3289	3479	3090	2997	3013	3201	3289	< 0.000*
	Men, age 85-105	5807	5377	5995	5318	4932	5407	5643	< 0.000*
	Women, age 65-79	1838	2074	2386	2428	2301	2525	2385	< 0.000*
	Women, age 80-105	4188	4515	4223	4201	3949	3785	4063	< 0.000*
	All	3619	3590	3263	3111	2919	3035	3256	< 0.000*
Travel time (minutes)	Men, age 67-84	19.09	18.18	24.12	56.77	58.84	93.29	25.48	< 0.000*
	Men, age 85-105	17.79	30.00	36.02	41.91	66.84	69.91	26.60	< 0.000*
	Women, age 65-79	22.53	26.54	22.74	13.07	16.52	43.72	24.21	< 0.000*
	Women, age 80-105	42.22	18.84	17.80	16.25	20.19	44.09	24.60	< 0.000*
	All	19.20	20.06	22.24	19.32	20.60	48.23	24.88	< 0.000*
Rate mortality (deaths per 1000 inhabitants)	Men, age 67-84	48.00	50.22	40.11	38.29	38.17	43.02	46.35	< 0.000*
	Men, age 85-105	186.07	169.46	203.52	229.57	215.55	247.76	186.64	< 0.000*
	Women, age 65-79	13.14	13.83	21.44	21.19	20.18	23.33	21.02	< 0.000*
	Women, age 80-105	211.05	162.87	91.55	99.26	96.98	98.85	102.15	< 0.000*
	All	68.52	66.98	52.54	51.05	48.62	52.66	56.76	< 0.000*

Norwegian population. Average for 2002-2006

^a By age-specific percentiles of long-term care (LTC-) rates in men and women aged 67 years and older.

1st percentile group represents the 17% lowest percent in each defined age and sex strata.

*P values for within-group differences. One-way ANOVA.

**P value for within-table differences. Chi-squared test.

***Absolute rates of LTC-use in each age-sex stratum by LTC-percentile and age-sex groups