Table 1 Characteristics of overall participants and each subtype.
Overall N = 4648 | Musculoskeletal and sensory n = 1025 | Cardiac n = 729 | Neurological n = 765 | Respiratory and cancer n = 421 | Insulin-dependent diabetes n = 371 | Unspecified n = 1337 | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age, median (IQR) | 83 (78–88) | 84 (79–88) | 85 (81–89) | 83 (78–87) | 83 (78–88) | 80 (73–84) | 82 (76–87) | < 0.001 |
Age category, n (%) | < 0.001 | |||||||
65–69 | 258 (5.6) | 42 (4.1) | 14 (1.9) | 25 (3.3) | 19 (4.5) | 56 (15.1) | 102 (7.6) | |
70–74 | 476 (10.2) | 81 (7.9) | 51 (7.0) | 80 (10.5) | 43 (10.2) | 61 (16.4) | 160 (12.0) | |
75–79 | 721 (15.5) | 142 (13.9) | 82 (11.3) | 133 (17.4) | 59 (14.0) | 66 (17.8) | 239 (17.9) | |
80–84 | 1252 (26.9) | 283 (27.6) | 197 (27.0) | 230 (30.1) | 117 (27.8) | 97 (26.2) | 328 (24.5) | |
85–89 | 1,200 (25.8) | 292 (28.5) | 236 (32.4) | 194 (25.4) | 103 (24.5) | 67 (18.1) | 308 (23.0) | |
≥ 90 | 741 (15.9) | 185 (18.1) | 149 (20.4) | 103 (13.5) | 80 (19.0) | 24 (6.5) | 200 (15.0) | |
Sex females, n (%) | 2809 (60.4) | 777 (75.8) | 457 (62.7) | 438 (57.3) | 151 (35.9) | 171 (46.1) | 815 (61.0) | <0.001 |
Initial long-term care need levels, n (%) | < 0.001 | |||||||
Care need level 1 | 2399 (51.6) | 547 (53.4) | 339 (46.5) | 411 (53.7) | 171 (40.6) | 130 (35.0) | 801 (59.9) | |
Care need level 2 | 1165 (25.1) | 279 (27.2) | 205 (28.1) | 193 (25.2) | 106 (25.2) | 78 (21.0) | 304 (22.7) | |
Care need level 3 | 525 (11.3) | 111 (10.8) | 104 (14.3) | 81 (10.6) | 67 (15.9) | 52 (14.0) | 110 (8.2) | |
Care need level 4 | 415 (8.9) | 72 (7.0) | 59 (8.1) | 61 (8.0) | 57 (13.5) | 78 (21.0) | 88 (6.6) | |
Care need level 5 | 144 (3.1) | 16 (1.6) | 22 (3.0) | 19 (2.5) | 20 (4.8) | 33 (8.9) | 34 (2.5) | |
No. of comorbidities, median (IQR) | 4 (3–6) | 3 (3–4) | 6 (5–7) | 5 (4–6) | 5 (4–7) | 4 (3–6) | 2 (1–2) | < 0.001 |
