Table 6.

Characteristics of hospitalized nTBI patients by age groups in Ontario, 2007/08 to 2009/10

Characteristics	Age groups
	Older adults (65+ Years)		65 – 74 Years		75 – 84 Years		85+ Years
	N	Col %	N	Col %	N	Col %	N	Col %
Overall	16,958	100	7,092	100.0	6,967	100.0	2,899	100.0
Sex ***
Males	8,826	52.0	3,905	55.1	3,683	52.9	1,238	42.7
Females	8,132	48.0	3,187	44.9	3,284	47.1	1,661	57.3
Charlson comorbidity index ***
0 – 1 (low)	6,445	38.0	2,416	34.1	2,689	38.6	1,340	46.2
2 – 3	4,661	27.5	1,769	24.9	2,016	28.9	876	30.2
4+ (high)	5,852	34.5	2,907	41.0	2,262	32.5	683	23.6
Length of stay in acute care (days) ***
1 – 2	1,675	9.9	677	9.5	690	9.9	308	10.6
3 – 5	3,349	19.7	1,567	22.1	1,255	18.0	527	18.2
6 – 11	4,730	27.9	2,016	28.4	1,905	27.3	809	27.9
12+	7,204	42.5	2,832	39.9	3,117	44.7	1,255	43.3
Alternate level of care days ***
None	13,777	81.2	6,082	85.8	5,499	78.9	2,196	75.8
1 – 2	455	2.7	154	2.2	195	2.8	106	3.7
3 – 5	520	3.1	173	2.4	223	3.2	124	4.3
6 – 11	797	4.7	247	3.5	371	5.3	179	6.2
12+	1,409	8.3	436	6.1	679	9.7	294	10.1
Special care days ***
None	12,176	71.8	4,810	67.8	4,999	71.8	2,367	81.6
1 – 2	1,830	10.8	909	12.8	708	10.2	213	7.3
3 – 5	1,187	7.0	546	7.7	492	7.1	149	5.1
6 – 11	923	5.4	425	6.0	403	5.8	95	3.3
12+	842	5.0	402	5.7	365	5.2	75	2.6
Discharge destination ***
Death	5,129	30.2	1,949	27.5	2,151	30.9	1,029	35.5
Home	7,512	44.3	3,697	52.1	2,903	41.7	912	31.5
Inpatient rehabilitation	1,002	5.9	396	5.6	446	6.4	160	5.5
Complex continuing care	1,229	7.2	397	5.6	556	8.0	276	9.5
Long term care	1,082	6.4	186	2.6	502	7.2	394	13.6
Other	1,004	5.9	467	6.6	409	5.9	128	4.4

Statistical Significance (chi-square): *** p < .001.

Note: This is a patient level analysis.