Table 1.

Characteristics of male and female subjects and mortality in the Elderly Health Center cohort.

Characteristics	Male		Female
	Number	%	Number	%
Age (years)
65–74	16,147	71.5	31,097	70.6
75–84	5824	25.8	11,398	25.9
≥85	613	2.7	1547	3.5
Education level
Post-secondary	1611	7.1	861	2.0
Secondary	5329	23.6	3631	8.2
Primary	11,559	51.2	12,906	29.3
Uneducated	2396	10.6	8951	20.3
Illiterate	1687	7.5	17,693	40.2
Housing type
Public and aided housing	8895	39.4	17,569	39.9
Rented private housing	1221	5.4	2073	4.7
Self-owned flat	11,212	49.7	21,181	48.1
Others	1255	5.6	3218	7.3
Smoking status
Never-smoker	8633	38.2	38,844	88.2
Ex-smoker	9347	41.4	3429	7.8
Current smoker	4602	20.4	1768	4.0
Physical activity level
Low	3749	16.6	6483	14.7
Moderate	6472	28.7	13,736	31.2
High	12,361	54.7	23,822	54.1
Body mass index (kg/m2)
<18.5	1317	5.8	2217	5.1
18.5–24.9	12,964	57.5	23,101	52.6
≥25	8260	36.6	18,625	42.4
Times of hospitalization for the last 12 months
0	19,415	86.0	38,496	87.4
1–2	2909	12.9	5132	11.7
3–4	199	0.9	338	0.8
>4	61	0.3	76	0.2
Mortality
All causes	6433	28.5	8013	18.2
Cardiovascular	1601	7.1	2459	5.6
Respiratory	1448	6.4	1307	3.0