Table 2.

Crude rates of emergency hospital use (number of events per person per year)

	People 65+ years living in households up to six people				People 65+ years living in households of two people
	Living alone		Not living alone		Living with someone with frailty		Cohabitee not recorded as frail
Outcomes over the follow-up period	Events	Crude rate*	Events	Crude rate*	Events	Crude rate*	Events	Crude rate*
Total no people	1 464 379		3 411 906		255 312		2 204 625
Person-years of follow-up	1 359 094		3 251 440		226 373		2 077 846
A&E attendances	1 062 731	0.78	1 818 519	0.56	157 137	0.69	1 102 683	0.53
Emergency admissions	692 345	0.51	1 073 870	0.33	98 584	0.44	654 784	0.32

*Number of events per person, per year.

A&E, accident and emergency.