Table 1.

Overview of characteristics of 2812 older dizzy patients.

Characteristics	n (%)
Gender, female	1892 (67.3)
Age in years, mean (range)	77.0 (65–101)
65–74	1180 (42.0)
75–84	1086 (38.6)
≥85	546 (19.4)
Diagnosisa
Symptom diagnoses	901 (32.0)
Cardiovascular condition	513 (18.2)
Peripheral vestibular disease	294 (10.5)
Infections	135 (4.8)
Psychiatric condition	73 (2.6)
Musculoskeletal condition	42 (1.5)
Neurological conditionb	37 (1.3)
Metabolic or endocrine condition	32 (1.1)
Adverse effect medical agents	29 (1.0)
Other	668 (23.8)
No diagnosis recorded	110 (3.9)

^aDoes not add up to 100% because the GPs recorded two ICPC codes for 22 patients.

^bexcl. cerebrovascular conditions.