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. 2014 Feb 13;14:161. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-161

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of HIV and Ontario cohorts (April 1, 2009)

 
 
HIV cohort
Ontario cohort
p-value
    n = 14,005 n = 71410  
Age (years)
Mean (SD)
45.36 (10.77)
46.65 (17.79)
<.001
Age group (n, %)
18-35 years
2,355 (16.8%)
21,600 (30.2%)
<.001
 
36-50 years
7,798 (55.7%)
21,895 (30.7%)
 
 
51-65 years
3,283 (23.4%)
16,575 (23.2%)
 
 
>65 years
569 (4.1%)
11,340 (15.9%)
 
Sex (n, %)
Male
11,270 (80.5%)
34,862 (48.8%)
<.001
Income quintile (1 lowest, 5 highest)
Missing
131 (0.9%)
302 (0.4%)
<.001
 
1
4,441 (31.7%)
13,918 (19.5%)
 
 
2
2,875 (20.5%)
14,224 (19.9%)
 
 
3
2,280 (16.3%)
14,053 (19.7%)
 
 
4
2,085 (14.9%)
14,554 (20.4%)
 
 
5
2,193 (15.7%)
14,359 (20.1%)
 
Marginalization index
Mean (SD)
3.35 (0.74)
2.97 (0.78)
<.001
Rurality group
Missing
41 (0.3%)
596 (0.8%)
 
 
Major urban
41 (0.3%)
596 (0.8%)
 
 
Non-major urban
12,563 (89.7%)
52,020 (72.8%)
<.001
 
Rural
1,006 (7.2%)
13,341 (18.7%)
 
ODB claim
Yes
395 (2.8%)
5,453 (7.6%)
 
    8,789 (62.8%) 21,509 (30.1%) <.001