Table 3

Summary of the decomposition of hospitalisation days per person by age group from 2000 to 2010

	Age group	Number of hospitalisation days per person	Decomposition
	Age group	Number of hospitalisation days per person	Mean duration of stay per visit	Number of visits per patient	Hospitalisation rate (per 1000)
2010	0–14	0.60	3.23	1.53	121.03
	15–64	0.48	3.75	2.05	62.55
	65+	3.79	5.88	2.54	253.13
	Overall	0.93	4.58	2.14	94.51
2000	0–14	0.51	4.10	1.53	81.17
	15–64	0.72	6.00	1.87	64.48
	65+	5.22	8.81	2.39	248.27
	Overall	1.18	6.83	1.98	87.43
(2010–2000):2000 ratio	0–14	0.18	−0.21	0.00	0.49
	15–64	−0.34	−0.37	0.09	−0.03
	65+	−0.27	−0.33	0.07	0.02
	Overall	−0.21	−0.33	0.08	0.08
Relative contribution (%)	0–14	–	30.8%	0.0%	−49.2%
	15–64	–	95.0%	−34.1%	−0.2%
	65+	–	74.8%	−17.0%	−0.1%
	Overall	–	200.6%	−51.1%	−49.4%