Table 3.
Health status characteristics of dementia cases flagged within each administrative dataset.
| Level | Pharmaceutical claims | Aged Care assessments | Hospitalisations | Residential aged care funding instrument | Death certificates | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | |
| Cancer | ||||||
| No | 1405 (76.5) | 2151 (75.9) | 2327 (76.2) | 2085 (75.4) | 638 (77.4) | 4547 (76.5) |
| Yes | 432 (23.5) | 682 (24.1) | 727 (23.8) | 682 (24.6) | 186 (22.6) | 1398 (23.5) |
| Diabetes | ||||||
| No | 1637 (89.1) | 2434 (85.9) | 2556 (83.7) | 2343 (84.7) | 692 (84.0) | 5064 (85.2) |
| Yes | 200 (10.9) | 399 (14.1) | 498 (16.3) | 424 (15.3) | 132 (16.0) | 881 (14.8) |
| Stroke | ||||||
| No | 1728 (94.1) | 2584 (91.2) | 2734 (89.5) | 2490 (90.0) | 737 (89.4) | 5376 (90.4) |
| Yes | 109 (5.9) | 249 (8.8) | 320 (10.5) | 277 (10.0) | 87 (10.6) | 569 (9.6) |
| Parkinson’s | ||||||
| No | 1775 (96.6) | 2734 (96.5) | 2920 (95.6) | 2621 (94.7) | 786 (95.4) | 5713 (96.1) |
| Yes | 62 (3.4) | 99 (3.5) | 134 (4.4) | 146 (5.3) | 38 (4.6) | 232 (3.9) |
| Depression/Anxiety | ||||||
| No | 1556 (84.7) | 2417 (85.3) | 2588 (84.7) | 2397 (86.6) | 727 (88.2) | 5072 (85.3) |
| Yes | 281 (15.3) | 416 (14.7) | 466 (15.3) | 370 (13.4) | 97 (11.8) | 873 (14.7) |
| Heart Disease | ||||||
| No | 1485 (80.8) | 2226 (78.6) | 2321 (76.0) | 2144 (77.5) | 616 (74.8) | 4588 (77.2) |
| Yes | 352 (19.2) | 607 (21.4) | 733 (24.0) | 623 (22.5) | 208 (25.2) | 1357 (22.8) |
| Falls | ||||||
| No | 1277 (69.5) | 1778 (62.8) | 1814 (59.4) | 1618 (58.5) | 467 (56.7) | 3632 (61.1) |
| Yes | 433 (23.6) | 812 (28.7) | 971 (31.8) | 904 (32.7) | 276 (33.5) | 1834 (30.8) |
| missing | 127 (6.9) | 243 (8.6) | 269 (8.8) | 245 (8.9) | 81 (9.8) | 479 (8.1) |
| Self-reported Memory | ||||||
| Excellent | 50 (2.7) | 129 (4.6) | 171 (5.6) | 142 (5.1) | 42 (5.1) | 306 (5.1) |
| Very good | 250 (13.6) | 397 (14.0) | 462 (15.1) | 380 (13.7) | 93 (11.3) | 893 (15.0) |
| Good | 641 (34.9) | 931 (32.9) | 1008 (33.0) | 949 (34.3) | 250 (30.3) | 2020 (34.0) |
| Fair | 656 (35.7) | 949 (33.5) | 959 (31.4) | 871 (31.5) | 304 (36.9) | 1880 (31.6) |
| Poor | 130 (7.1) | 221 (7.8) | 234 (7.7) | 204 (7.4) | 72 (8.7) | 427 (7.2) |
| Missing | 110 (6.0) | 206 (7.3) | 220 (7.2) | 221 (8.0) | 63 (7.6) | 419 (7.0) |
| Died during study period | ||||||
| No | 1206 (65.7) | 1264 (44.6) | 1063 (34.8) | 920 (33.2) | 0 (0.0) | 2692 (45.3) |
| Yes | 631 (34.3) | 1569 (55.4) | 1991 (65.2) | 1847 (66.8) | 824 (100.0) | 3253 (54.7) |