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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of long-term care (LTC) residents in Ontario, stratified by dementia status

From: The impact of dementia and language on hospitalizations: a retrospective cohort of long-term care residents

Baseline characteristics

Dementia

(N = 68,814)

No Dementia

(N = 12,374)

Total

(N = 81,188)

P value

Sex – no. (%)

 Female

45,655 (66.3%)

7968 (64.4%)

53,623 (66.0%)

<.001

 Male

23,159 (33.7%)

4406 (35.6%)

27,565 (34.0%)

Age (in years) +/− s.d.

85.9 +/−  7.3

84.8 +/− 8.7

85.7 +/−  7.6

<.001

Marital status – no. (%)

 Not Married

28,528 (41.5%)

6496 (52.5%)

35,024 (43.1%)

<.001

 Married

13,417 (19.5%)

2534 (20.5%)

15,951 (19.6%)

 Unknown

26,869 (39.0%)

3344 (27.0%)

30,213 (37.2%)

Education – no. (%)

 Less than High School

18,387 (26.7%)

3440 (27.8%)

21,827 (26.9%)

<.001

 High School

11,926 (17.3%)

1965 (15.9%)

13,891 (17.1%)

 Some Post-secondary

7269 (10.6%)

1319 (10.7%)

8588 (10.6%)

 University Graduate

4836 (7.0%)

780 (6.3%)

5616 (6.9%)

 Unknown

26,396 (38.4%)

4870 (39.4%)

31,266 (38.5%)

Urban/Rural Status of prior Residence – no. (%)

 Urban

54,820 (79.7%)

9592 (77.5%)

64,412 (79.3%)

<.001

 Rural

10,680 (15.5%)

2410 (19.5%)

13,090 (16.1%)

 Missing

3314 (4.8%)

372 (3.0%)

3686 (4.5%)

Language of Resident – no. (%)

 English

66,014 (95.9%)

11,889 (96.1%)

77,903 (96.0%)

0.437

 French

2800 (4.1%)

485 (3.9%)

3285 (4.0%)

Language of LTC Facility – no. (%)

 English

67,304 (97.8%)

12,052 (97.4%)

79,356 (97.7%)

0.005

 French

1510 (2.2%)

322 (2.6%)

1832 (2.3%)

Language concordance/discordance between resident and LTC Facility – no. (%)

 Anglophone in English Facility

65,305 (94.9%)

11,741 (94.9%)

77,046 (94.9%)

0.004

 Anglophone in French Facility

709 (1.0%)

148 (1.2%)

857 (1.1%)

 Francophone in English Facility

1999 (2.9%)

311 (2.5%)

2310 (2.8%)

 Francophone in French Facility

801 (1.2%)

174 (1.4%)

975 (1.2%)