Table 1.
Annual per capita healthcare costs by baseline characteristics and age group, 1 April 2009 to 31 March 2010
| <65 years (n=5 004 699) |
≥65 years (n=1 634 390) |
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| N | Per capita healthcare cost (C$) | N | Per capita healthcare cost (C$) | |||
| Mean (SD) | Median (IQR) | Mean (SD) | Median (IQR) | |||
| All cohort | 5 004 699 | 2217 (9630) |
502 (193–1317) |
1 634 390 | 9398 (19 796) |
2982 (1448–7178) |
| Sex | ||||||
| Female | 2 618 591 | 2311 (9044) |
624 (248–1546) |
923 053 | 9526.96 (19 245) |
2991.97 (1461–7344) |
| Male | 2 386 108 | 2113 (10 233) |
378.67 (132–1058) |
711 337 | 9230.31 (20 488) |
2968.13 (1431–6982) |
| Age group (years) | ||||||
| <20 | 809 782 | 997 (6420) |
257 (103–600) |
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| 20–44 | 1 784 314 | 1835 (7997) |
440 (155–1171) |
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| 45–64 | 3 247 243 | 2910 (11 414) |
684 (291–1725) |
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| 65–74 | 1 219 877 | 6424 (16 464) |
2363 (1173–4757) |
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| 75+ | 797 750 | 12 517 (22 351) |
3964 (1884–12 277) |
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| Income quintile | ||||||
| Lowest | 935 048 | 2822 (11 333) |
580 (206–1699) |
314 616 | 10 646 (21 501) |
3325 (1596–8667) |
| Middle-low | 970 797 | 2360 (10 276) |
521 (199–1380) |
336 928 | 9529 (20 218) |
3053 (1501–7296) |
| Middle | 999 087 | 2107 (9146) |
498 (195–1268) |
318 557 | 9319 (19 552) |
2992 (1470–7114) |
| Middle-high | 1 042 284 | 2008 (8 899) |
487 (195–1226) |
322 798 | 9120 (19 279) |
2916 (1426–6873) |
| Highest | 1 009 890 | 1903 (8391) |
475 (192–1180) |
331 022 | 8549 (18 309) |
2747 (1351–6352) |
| Rurality index | ||||||
| Non-rural | 4 579 691 | 2206 (9 605) |
509 (197–1320) |
1 459 014 | 9448 (19 998) |
3005 (1470–7161) |
| Rural | 356 361 | 2522 (10 112) |
501 (197–1441) |
157 864 | 9333 (18 303) |
2918 (1400–7798) |
| Deprivation quintile | ||||||
| Least deprived | 1 282 898 | 1894.17 (8 596 59) |
476 (193–1170) |
371 547 | 9167 (19 628) |
2823 (1380–6709) |
| Less deprived | 1 136 731 | 2015 (8 810) |
489 (196–1231) |
368 124 | 8935 (18 928) |
2898 (1423–6759) |
| Somewhat deprived | 982 133 | 2193 (9 240) |
504 (196–1311) |
346 326 | 9165 (19 300) |
2978 (1463–7030) |
| Very deprived | 808 152 | 2438 (10 281) |
511 (200–1443) |
293 434 | 9541 (19 951) |
3100 (1520–7467) |
| Most deprived | 705 593 | 2941 (11 861) |
600 (210–179) |
228 501 | 10 517 (21 250) |
3326 (1599–8570) |
| Instability quintile | ||||||
| Least dependent | 1 211 734 | 2007 (8 674) |
489 (188–1250) |
188 787 | 8149 (19 413) |
2713 (1307–5882) |
| Less dependent | 1 179 936 | 2078 (9 134) |
500 (195–1275) |
276 819 | 8359 (18 652) |
2777 (1353–6167) |
| Somewhat dependent | 976 538 | 2230 (9 793) |
506 (198–1320) |
303 853 | 8717 (19 018) |
2849 (1401–6548) |
| Very dependent | 808 196 | 2349 (9 954) |
515 (201–1375) |
326 662 | 9068 (19 195) |
2944 (1458–6958) |
| Most dependent | 739 103 | 2650 (10 947) |
550 (213–1507) |
511 811 | 10 961 (20 953) |
3381 (1636–9336) |
| Ethnic concentration quintile | ||||||
| Lowest | 564 476 | 2398 (9 766) |
500 (200–1370) |
283 980 | 9309 (18 529) |
2983 (1463–7533) |
| Middle-low | 756 120 | 2288 (9 552) |
491 (196–1317) |
304 526 | 9170 (18 773) |
2969 (1458–7283) |
| Middle | 854 573 | 2280 (9 780) |
497 (196–1317) |
305 524 | 9540 (19 678) |
3011 (1478–7419) |
| Middle-high | 1 028 876 | 2190 (9 565) |
502 (195–1309) |
294 164 | 9600 (20 240) |
3012 (1473–7266) |
| Highest | 1 711 462 | 2124 (9 468) |
528 (199–1331) |
419 738 | 9288 (20 751) |
2981 (1441–6694) |