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Table 2 Demographic frequencies for each event and unadjusted and adjusted competing risk regression results

From: Risk factors for injuries in New Zealand older adults with complex needs: a national population retrospective study

  

First Event

  

Variable names

Total n (%)

Alive, no admission

Hospital admission

Death

Unadjusted

Adjustedb

Sexa

 Male

30,497 (40.4)

11,155 (36.5)

2387 (7.8)

16,955 (55.7)

1 (Reference)

1 (Reference)

 Female

44,939 (59.6)

20,575 (45.8)

5026 (11.2)

19,338 (43.0)

1.45 (1.38 1.53)

1.31 (1.24 1.38)

Age Group (years)

 65–74

13,485 (17.9)

7349 (54.5)

828 (6.1)

5308 (39.4)

1 (Reference)

1 (Reference)

 75–84

34,862 (46.2)

15,669 (44.9)

3211 (9.2)

15,982 (45.8)

1.48 (1.37 1.59)

1.32 (1.22 1.44)

 85–94

25,497 (33.8)

8391 (32.9)

3155 (12.4)

13,951 (53.8)

1.98 (1.84 2.14)

1.49 (1.37 1.63)

 95+

1640 (2.2)

349 (21.3)

220 (13.4)

1071 (65.3)

2.10 (1.82 2.44)

1.39 (1.19 1.62)

Ethnicity

 Māori

4348 (5.8)

2023 (46.5)

234 (5.4)

2091 (48.1)

1 (Reference)

1 (Reference)

 Pacific People

2388 (3.2)

1242 (52.0)

125 (5.2)

1021 (42.8)

0.94 (0.75 1.16)

0.93 (0.74 1.17)

 Asian

1954 (2.6)

1037 (53.1)

159 (8.1)

758 (38.8)

1.58 (1.29 1.92)

1.19 (0.97 1.47)

 European

66,080 (87.5)

27,061 (41.0)

6827 (10.3)

32,192 (48.7)

1.90 (1.67 2.16)

1.54 (1.35 1.77)

 Other

714 (0.9)

395 (55.3)

69 (9.7)

250 (35.0)

1.88 (1.43 2.45)

1.68 (1.28 2.21)

Living Arrangement

 Lives alone

36,599 (48.5)

15,612 (42.7)

4021 (11.0)

16,966 (46.4)

1 (Reference)

1 (Reference)

 Lives with others

38,885 (51.5)

16,146 (41.5)

3393 (8.7)

19,346 (49.8)

0.80 (0.76 0.83)

0.94 (0.89 0.99)

  1. a48 values missing bVariables adjusted for age, sex, and ethnicity