TABLE 2.

Characteristics of case cohort and control cohort, for fiscal years 2006/07 through 2010/11

	Case cohort		Control cohort
	Mean	n	Mean	n
Male	0.511	276,317	0.513	277,729
LHIN of residence
Erie St. Clair	0.060	32,212	0.060	32,686
South West	0.064	34,412	0.064	34,570
Waterloo Wellington	0.037	20,238	0.041	22,086
Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant	0.089	48,239	0.089	48,165
Central West	0.060	32,692	0.062	33,338
Mississauga Halton	0.091	49,434	0.090	48,693
Toronto Central	0.104	56,360	0.103	55,618
Central	0.142	76,984	0.143	77,147
Central East	0.129	69,541	0.135	73,207
South East	0.042	22,651	0.044	23,706
Champlain	0.105	56,768	0.101	54,606
North Simcoe Muskoka	0.025	13,468	0.016	8,904
North East	0.037	19,830	0.036	19,503
North West	0.015	8,134	0.016	8,734
Age categories
0–4 years old	0.028	15,202	0.028	15,276
5–9 years old	0.045	24,521	0.046	25,084
10–14 years old	0.059	31,905	0.057	31,066
15–19 years old	0.072	38,679	0.069	37,569
20–24 years old	0.075	40,500	0.074	39,840
25–29 years old	0.079	42,707	0.077	41,628
30–34 years old	0.08	43,017	0.082	44,531
35–39 years old	0.083	44,979	0.084	45,330
40–44 years old	0.088	47,843	0.086	46,593
45–49 years old	0.09	48,948	0.093	50,562
50–54 years old	0.078	42,321	0.079	42,631
55–59 years old	0.063	34,232	0.061	32,960
60–64 years old	0.051	27,584	0.052	28,010
65–69 years old	0.035	19,024	0.036	19,701
70–74 years old	0.027	14,496	0.027	14,807
75–79 years old	0.021	11,131	0.021	11,182
80–84 years old	0.015	7,931	0.015	8,246
85 plus	0.011	5,943	0.011	5,947
Total number of observations	540,963		540,963

Case cohort represents patients that were enrolled in a PEM starting fiscal year 2008/09. The control cohort, derived from propensity score matching, includes patients that were never enrolled in a PEM throughout the study period (2006/07 through 2010/11).