Demographic information |
• Mean age, y | 69.6 | 72.8 |
• Male sex, % | 48 | 37 |
• First language is English, % | 92 | 93 |
• Has someone to confide in, % | 87 | 88 |
• High school or more education, % | 57 | 65 |
• Working for pay or profit, % | 18 | 14 |
• Household income ≥ $40 000, % | 41 | 40 |
• Lives alone, % | 28 | 29 |
• Owns home, % | 76 | 79 |
Health profile |
• Fair or poor self-assessed health, % | 27 | 37 |
• Home care services client, % | 9 | 12 |
• Mean no. of chronic conditions* | 2.7 | 2.4 |
• CAD, % | 26 | 33 |
• Diabetes, % | 33 | 32 |
• CHF, % | 8 | 9 |
• COPD, % | 18 | 17 |
Risk level |
• Mean no. of ED visit in previous year, % | 19 | 24 |
• No. of visits to doctor in the previous y | 9 | 8 |
• Identified as high risk by family physician, % | 33 | 36 |
• Mean no. of medications | 4.0 | 3.7 |