Table 2.

Patient characteristics prior to stroke

	Value	N
Age (mean, SD)	76.5 (12.16)	35 913
Men (%)	50.0	35 910
Higher eduction (>12 years) (%)	16.5	35 035
Living alone (%)	51.3	35 536
Type of accomodation (%)	100.0	35 464
Living at home with no home help service	71.8
Living at home with home help service	18.8
Special housing	9.3
ADL dependent (%)	11.3	35 127
Level of conciousness at hospital arrival (%)	100.0	35 378
Fully awake	85.7
Lethargic	10.9
Unconscious	3.4

ADL, activities of daily living; n, number of patients with information on this variable.