| Observations, No. |
3591 |
1710 |
1881 |
| Estimated population size |
17 903 595 |
7 891 029 |
10 012 566 |
| Female |
2015 (53.3) |
1092 (60.1) |
923 (48.0) |
| Male |
1576 (46.7) |
618 (39.9) |
958 (52.0) |
| Age, mean (SD), y |
78.5 (7.0) |
79.7 (7.5) |
77.6 (6.3) |
| Race and ethnicity |
|
|
|
| Hispanic |
165 (5.4) |
97 (6.4) |
68 (4.5) |
| Non-Hispanic Black |
797 (8.3) |
409 (9.0) |
388 (7.7) |
| Non-Hispanic White |
2475 (81.3) |
1114 (78.2) |
1361 (83.8) |
| Othera
|
154 (5.0) |
90 (6.4) |
64 (3.9) |
| Married or living with partner |
1647 (54.8) |
722 (53.9) |
925 (55.5) |
| Self-rated health |
|
|
|
| Excellent |
158 (6.7) |
55 (4.6) |
103 (8.3) |
| Very good |
525 (22.6) |
188 (16.9) |
337 (27.4) |
| Good |
911 (34.4) |
411 (30.7) |
500 (37.4) |
| Fair |
747 (25.1) |
425 (30.8) |
322 (20.3) |
| Poor |
312 (10.8) |
216 (16.3) |
96 (6.2) |
| Independent in |
|
|
|
| Mobility |
1877 (73.2) |
738 (59.0) |
1139 (84.8) |
| Self-care |
2143 (82.7) |
888 (70.6) |
1255 (92.6) |
| Household activities |
1531 (62.8) |
485 (42.4) |
1046 (79.4) |
| Medical care |
2101 (81.9) |
850 (69.5) |
1251 (92.1) |
| Cognitive status |
|
|
|
| No or possible impairment |
2179 (86.4) |
923 (77.2) |
1256 (93.9) |
| Probable dementia |
476 (12.8) |
371 (21.8) |
105 (5.5) |
| Hospital length of stay in days, mean (SD) |
3.5 (2.9) |
3.9 (3.2) |
3.2 (2.7) |
| Diagnosis related group |
|
|
|
| Major joint replacement (n = 470) |
162 (6.6) |
88 (8.6) |
74 (5.0) |
| Septicemia or severe sepsis (n = 871) |
102 (2.6) |
68 (3.5) |
34 (1.9) |
| Esophagitis, gastroenteritis and miscellaneous digestive disorders (n = 392) |
93 (2.4) |
54 (2.8) |
39 (2.0) |
| Simple pneumonia & pleurisy (n = 194) |
75 (2.1) |
29 (1.7) |
46 (2.4) |
| Cellulitis (n = 603) |
69 (2.1) |
22 (1.4) |
47 (2.6) |
