Demographics of those alive, living in New South Wales and ≥65 years of age at 1 July 2004 or date of first healthcare entitlement
| Department of Veterans’ Affairs healthcare entitlement level | Total n (%) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold n (%) | White* n (%) | Orange * n (%) | ||||||
| Sex | ||||||||
| Male | 44 480 | (47.6) | 5921 | (83.8) | 4928 | (98.0) | 54 508 | (52.1) |
| Female | 48 890 | (52.4) | 1143 | (16.2) | 100 | (2.0) | 50 127 | (47.9) |
| Age in years | ||||||||
| 65–74 | 9363 | (10.0) | 855 | (12.1) | 18 | (0.4) | 10 230 | (9.8) |
| 75–79 | 20 632 | (22.1) | 1972 | (27.9) | 1104 | (22.0) | 23 539 | (22.5) |
| 80–84 | 39 983 | (42.8) | 2850 | (40.4) | 2879 | (57.3) | 45 234 | (43.2) |
| 85–89 | 17 884 | (19.2) | 1069 | (15.1) | 881 | (17.5) | 19 682 | (18.8) |
| 90+ | 5508 | (5.9) | 318 | (4.5) | 146 | (2.9) | 5950 | (5.7) |
| Alive at† (year) | ||||||||
| 1 | 88 781 | (96.2) | 6773 | (96.6) | 4837 | (96.3) | 99 600 | (96.3) |
| 2 | 80 812 | (89.3) | 6162 | (89.7) | 4440 | (88.6) | 90 687 | (89.3) |
| 3 | 73 134 | (82.4) | 5353 | (81.8) | 4022 | (80.8) | 81 868 | (82.3) |
| 4 | 65 286 | (75.1) | 4689 | (75.3) | 3575 | (72.7) | 72 985 | (75.1) |
| 5 | 57 601 | (67.9) | 4079 | (68.8) | 2802 | (63.8) | 63 991 | (67.8) |
| Cancer diagnosis (since 1994) | ||||||||
| Any cancer | 23 993 | (25.7) | 2515 | (35.6) | 1396 | (27.8) | 27 651 | (26.4) |
| Prostate (C61) | 6122 | (6.6) | 895 | (12.7) | 527 | (10.5) | 7452 | (7.1) |
| Skin (C44) | 5432 | (5.8) | 615 | (8.7) | 165 | (3.3) | 6162 | (5.9) |
| Colorectal (C18–C20) | 4109 | (4.4) | 389 | (5.5) | 203 | (4.0) | 4661 | (4.5) |
| Breast (C50) | 2342 | (2.5) | 137 | (1.9) | 7 | (0.1) | 2485 | (2.4) |
| Bronchus and lung (C34) | 1899 | (2.0) | 179 | (2.5) | 151 | (3.0) | 2204 | (2.1) |
| Other | 8291 | (8.9) | 559 | (7.9) | 850 | (16.9) | 9617 | (9.2) |
| Charlson index‡ | ||||||||
| 0 | 28 746 | (30.8) | 2156 | (30.5) | 1320 | (26.3) | 31 970 | (30.6) |
| 1–2 | 9655 | (10.3) | 743 | (10.5) | 572 | (11.4) | 10 876 | (10.4) |
| 3+ | 4713 | (5.1) | 448 | (6.3) | 328 | (6.5) | 5430 | (5.2) |
| No hospitalisations | 50 256 | (53.8) | 3717 | (52.6) | 2808 | (55.9) | 56 359 | (53.9) |
| RxRisk†‡ | ||||||||
| 0–2 comorbidities | 17 255 | (18.7) | 1253 | (17.9) | 1018 | (20.3) | 19 348 | (18.7) |
| 3–4 comorbidities | 23 016 | (25.0) | 1572 | (22.4) | 1208 | (24.0) | 25 578 | (24.7) |
| 5–6 comorbidities | 22 151 | (24.0) | 1550 | (22.1) | 1172 | (23.3) | 24 657 | (23.8) |
| 7+ comorbidities | 24 230 | (26.3) | 1635 | (23.3) | 1176 | (23.4) | 26 841 | (25.9) |
| No dispensing records | 5608 | (6.1) | 1002 | (14.3) | 450 | (9.0) | 7045 | (6.8) |
| Accessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia category | ||||||||
| Major cities of Australia | 57 681 | (61.8) | 4378 | (62.0) | 3617 | (71.9) | 65 106 | (62.2) |
| Inner regional Australia | 26 314 | (28.2) | 2012 | (28.5) | 1147 | (22.8) | 29 260 | (28.0) |
| Outer regional Australia | 8324 | (8.9) | 573 | (8.1) | 232 | (4.6) | 9093 | (8.7) |
| Remote/very remote Australia | 470 | (0.5) | 23 | (0.3) | 8 | (0.1) | 499 | (0.5) |
| Unknown | 581 | (0.6) | 78 | (1.1) | 24 | (0.5) | 677 | (0.7) |
| Index of Relative Socio-Economic Disadvantage | ||||||||
| Most disadvantaged | 12 647 | (13.6) | 823 | (11.7) | 556 | (11.1) | 13 949 | (13.3) |
| Second quintile | 12 622 | (13.5) | 1013 | (14.3) | 661 | (13.2) | 14 156 | (13.5) |
| Third quintile | 20 984 | (22.5) | 1563 | (22.1) | 1175 | (23.4) | 23 548 | (22.5) |
| Fourth quintile | 18 663 | (20.0) | 1342 | (19.0) | 1057 | (21.0) | 20 906 | (20.0) |
| Least disadvantaged | 27 873 | (29.9) | 2245 | (31.8) | 1555 | (30.9) | 31 399 | (30.0) |
| Unknown | 581 | (0.6) | 78 | (1.1) | 24 | (0.5) | 677 | (0.7) |
| Total | 93 370 | (100.00) | 7064 | (100.0) | 5028 | (100.0) | 104 635 | (100.0) |
*Includes n=827 who have both White and Orange Cards.
†Denominator restricted to those with the necessary length of follow-up.
‡Based on first year of hospital separation/dispensing data.