Table 1.

Estimated prevalence of delirium in Australia, 2016–17

Age/ gender	Community	Residential aged care	Total	% of general population
Male
<65	3278	1756	5034	0.05
65–69	1916	1281	3197	0.5
70–74	4342	2088	6430	1.4
75–89	6282	2868	9149	2.8
80–84	9680	3545	13 225	6.3
85+	18 651	3263	21 914	11.8
Total	44 149	14 801	58 949	0.5
Female
<65	4100	746	4846	0.05
65–69	1994	778	2773	0.5
70–74	4044	1523	5567	1.1
75–79	6224	2771	8996	2.5
80–84	9195	5270	14 465	5.5
85+	16 835	20 164	36 999	11.9
Total	42 393	31 253	73 646	0.6
Person	86 541	46 054	132 595	0.5