From: Mortality of older persons living alone: Singapore Longitudinal Ageing Studies
 | Living with others | Living alone | P |
---|---|---|---|
Total | 2364 (92.6) | 189 (7.4) | Â |
Age (mean, SD) | 67.6 (7.4) | 65.9 (7.7) | 0.002 |
 <75 | 2063 (87.3) | 158 (83.6) | 0.33 |
 75–84 | 255 (10.8) | 27 (14.3) |  |
 85+ | 46 (2.0) | 4 (2.1) |  |
Sex: Female | 1470 (62.2) | 148 (78.3) | <0.0001 |
 Male | 894 (37.8) | 41 (21.7) |  |
Housing type: | Â | Â | Â |
 Low end (1–3 room) public housing | 652 (27.6) | 121 (64.0) | <0.0001 |
 Higher end public and private housing | 1712 (72.4) | 68 (36.0) |  |
Marital status: Single, divorce, widowed | 487 (20.6) | 157 (83.1) | <0.0001 |
 Married | 1877 (79.4) | 32 (16.9) |  |
No. medical comorbidities, mean (SD) | 2.31 (1.5) | 2.42 (1.4) | 0.289 |
 ≤1 | 761 (32.2) | 54 (28.6) |  |
 ≥2 | 1603 (67.8) | 135 (71.4) | 0.304 |
History of hypertension (yes) | 1313 (55.1) | 112 (59.3) | 0.270 |
History of Diabetes (yes) | 405 (17.1) | 34 (18.0) | 0.764 |
History of Chronic Lung Disease (yes) | 89 (3.8) | 3 (1.6) | 0.124 |
History of Stroke (yes) | 91 (3.9) | 3 (1.6) | 0.112 |
History of Heart Disease (yes) | 209 (8.9) | 18 (9.5) | 0.758 |
History of Kidney Failure (yes) | 15 (0.6) | 2 (1.1) | 0.491 |
IADL-ADL % (at least 1 item) disability | 585 (24.8) | 42 (22.2) | 0.438 |
Depressive symptoms, DS (GDS > =5) | 295 (12.5) | 41 (21.7) | 0.0003 |