Baseline characteristics | Dementia (N = 68,814) | No Dementia (N = 12,374) | Total (N = 81,188) | P value |
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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%) |