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Table 1 Burden of disease and gender based on age groups

From: How does age affect the care dependency risk one year after stroke? A study based on claims data from a German health insurance fund

 

Total

0–65 years

66–75 years

76–85 years

86+ years

p

2864 (n)

850 (n)

938 (n)

884 (n)

192 (n)

Gender

     

<0.001

 Men

45.2

57.8

48.4

33.4

28.6

 Women

54.8

42.2

51.6

66.6

71.4

Stroke subtype

     

<0.001

 TIA

32.8

33.8

33.2

30.9

35.9

 Ischaemic

58.9

53.9

59.6

63.2

58.3

 Hemor.

8.2

12.4

7.2

5.9

5.7

Stroke previous year

 Yes

6.3

4.7

6.5

7.4

7.8

0.11

Geriatric Multimorbidity

     

<0.001

 0 and 1

75.7

83.5

79.6

66.3

65.6

 2

15.5

11.3

14.1

20.2

18.8

 3

6.0

3.5

4.6

8.7

11.5

 4+

2.8

1.6

1.7

4.8

4.2

Diagnoses

 Aphasia

31.8

24.5

29.9

39.1

39.6

<0.001

 Dysphagia

7.0

5.6

5.8

9.5

7.8

<0.005

 Hemiparesis

35.8

31.9

36.6

38.8

34.9

<0.05

 Diabetes

23.6

16.1

27.1

27.1

23.4

<0.001

 Chronic kidney insufficiency

6.0

2.1

5.5

8.8

13.0

<0.001

 Heart failure

6.8

2.8

5.0

11.4

12.0

<0.001

Care

 Yes–in observation period

21.6

8.9

15.6

33.4

52.6

<0.001

  1. All figures in percent unless otherwise indicated (n)