Table 1

Demographic characteristics of the study cohort

Follow-up: 1 September 2006 to 1 September 2010
Number of individuals included in the base-case analysis2101
Number of females (%)934 (44%)
Mean age (SD)*71.18 (5.10)
Number of individuals by age categories (%)
 Ages 65–69998 (48%)
 Ages 70–74561 (27%)
 Ages 75–79363 (17%)
 Ages 80–84179 (9%)
Number of individuals by educational categories (%)
 Basic education561 (27%)
 Secondary education873 (42%)
 Higher education647 (31%)
(missing information on education)20 (1%)
Number of individuals with at least one hospitalisation between 2006 and 2010593 (28%)
 Ages 65–69229 (23%)
 Ages 70–74167 (30%)
 Ages 75–79119 (33%)
 Ages 80–8478 (44%)
Mean number of hospitalisations between 2006 and 2010 (SD)1.71 (1.23)
 Ages 65–691.69 (1.15)
 Ages 70–741.78 (1.38)
 Ages 75–791.68 (1.10)
 Ages 80–841.71 (1.28)
Mean utility score in 2006 (SD)0.865 (0.116)
 Ages 65–690.866 (0.112)
 Ages 70–740.865 (0.124)
 Ages 75–790.868 (0.096)
 Ages 80–840.855 (0.150)