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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of community-dwelling older adults in Ontario living with dementia

From: Patterns of health service use in community living older adults with dementia and comorbid conditions: a population-based retrospective cohort study in Ontario, Canada

 

Dementia cohort (n = 100,630)

Amount of follow-up

5 years (n = 48,458)

<5 years (n = 52,172)

Age groups (n, %)

 66–69

6958 (6.9 %)

5186 (10.7 %)

1772 (3.4 %)

 70–74

13,421 (13.3 %)

8861 (18.3 %)

4560 (8.7 %)

 75–79

21,260 (21.1 %)

11,755 (24.3 %)

9505 (18.2 %)

 80–84

26,677 (26.5 %)

12,252 (25.3 %)

14,425 (27.6 %)

 85–89

20,833 (20.7 %)

7374 (15.2 %)

13,459 (25.8 %)

 90+

11,481 (11.4 %)

3030 (6.3 %)

8451 (16.2 %)

 Female (n, %)

60,964 (60.6 %)

29,357 (60.6 %)

31,607 (60.6 %)

Income quintile (n, %)

 1 (Lowest)

21,689 (21.6 %)

10,027 (20.7 %)

11,662 (22.4 %)

 2

20,654 (20.5 %)

9987 (20.6 %)

10,667 (20.4 %)

 3

19,273 (19.2 %)

9148 (18.9 %)

10,125 (19.4 %)

 4

18,739 (18.6 %)

9152 (18.9 %)

9587 (18.4 %)

 5 (Highest)

19,763 (19.6 %)

9958 (20.5 %)

9805 (18.8 %)

Number of comorbid conditions (n, %)

 0

3750 (3.7 %)

1997 (4.1 %)

1753 (3.4 %)

 1

13,415 (13.3 %)

7116 (14.7 %)

6299 (12.1 %)

 2

23,543 (23.4 %)

12,398 (25.6 %)

11,145 (21.4 %)

 3

23,923 (23.8 %)

11,924 (24.6 %)

11,999 (23 %)

 4

17,462 (17.4 %)

8032 (16.6 %)

9430 (18.1 %)

 5

18,537 (18.4 %)

6991 (14.4 %)

11,546 (22.1 %)

Comorbid conditions (n, %)

 Hypertension

78,246 (77.8 %)

36,962 (76.3 %)

41,284 (79.1 %)

 Arthritis

66,601 (66.2 %)

32,427 (66.9 %)

34,174 (65.5 %)

 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

28,557 (28.4 %)

12,277 (25.3 %)

16,280 (31.2 %)

 Diabetes

28,187 (28 %)

13,289 (27.4 %)

14,898 (28.6 %)

 Ischemic Heart Disease

24,075 (23.9 %)

10,527 (21.7 %)

13,548 (26.0 %)

 Inflammatory Bowel Disease

22,532 (22.4 %)

9946 (20.5 %)

12,586 (24.1 %)

 Cancer

17,981 (17.9 %)

7616 (15.7 %)

10,365 (19.9 %)

 Osteoporosis/osteopenia

10,162 (10.1 %)

3449 (7.1 %)

6713 (12.9 %)

 Renal Disease

10,153 (10.1 %)

3799 (7.8 %)

6354 (12.2 %)

 Anxiety and/or Depression

6411 (6.4 %)

2723 (5.6 %)

3688 (7.1 %)

 Stroke

6294 (6.3 %)

2524 (5.2 %)

3770 (7.2 %)

 Upper Gastrointestinal Bleed

3862 (3.8 %)

1454 (3.0 %)

2408 (4.6 %)

 Cerebrovascular Disease

3732 (3.7 %)

1476 (3.0 %)

2256 (4.3 %)

 Liver Disease

774 (0.8 %)

301 (0.6 %)

473 (0.9 %)