Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of the study population in 2001, 2003, and 2007
| 2001 | 2003 | 2007 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total | |
| Population (N) | 217 | 912 | 1129 | 212 | 901 | 1113 | 228 | 918 | 1146 |
| Participants (n) | 171 | 721 | 892 | 189 | 774 | 963 | 192 | 752 | 944 |
| Participation rate (%) | 79 | 79 | 79 | 89 | 86 | 86 | 84 | 82 | 82 |
| Among participants | |||||||||
| In person (%) | 84 | 75 | 77 | 76 | 76 | 76 | 78 | 83 | 82 |
| Via proxy (%) | 16 | 25 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 17 | 18 |
| Community-dwelling, alone (%) | 33 | 40 | 38 | 36 | 43 | 42 | 34 | 44 | 42 |
| Community-dwelling, with others (%) | 46 | 17 | 23 | 40 | 18 | 22 | 44 | 18 | 23 |
| Institutionalized (%) | 21 | 43 | 39 | 24 | 39 | 36 | 22 | 38 | 35 |
| Dwelling unknown (%) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | <1 | – |
| Median age in years (range) | 91 (90–102) |
92 (90–106) |
92 (90–106) |
91 (90–102) |
92 (90–106) |
92 (90–106) |
91 (90–99) |
92 (90–105) |
92 (90–105) |