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Age (years)
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62.9 ± 18.6
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Sex (female)
|
250 (51%)
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Marital status
| |
|
Married/common-law
|
209 (42.2%)
|
|
Single/divorced/widowed
|
286 (57.8%)
|
|
Smoking status
| |
|
Current
|
118 (23.8%)
|
|
Former
|
218 (44.0%)
|
|
Never
|
159 (32.1%)
|
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Education level
| |
|
< high school
|
188 (38.0%)
|
|
High school diploma
|
78 (15.8%)
|
|
> high school
|
229 (46.3%)
|
|
Employment status (retired)
|
243 (49.1%)
|
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Total household income $CAD
| |
|
< 80,000
|
337 (68.2%)
|
|
≥ 80,000
|
90 (18.2%)
|
|
Living situation (prior to admission)
| |
|
Home without any support
|
289 (53.4%)
|
|
Home, informal caregiver
|
90 (18.2%)
|
|
Home, with homecare
|
76 (15.4%)
|
|
Home, with live-in caregiver
|
3 (0.6%)
|
|
Assisted living/lodge
|
37 (7.5%)
|
|
Ethnicity
| |
|
White
|
407 (82.2%)
|
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Other
|
81 (16.3%)
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Reason for hospitalization
| |
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Heart failure
|
50 (10.1%)
|
|
Pneumonia/empyema/lung abscess
|
49 (9.9%)
|
|
Diabetes
|
26 (5.3%)
|
|
Urinary tract infection
|
26 (5.3%)
|
|
Venous thromboembolic disease (PE/DVT)
|
26 (5.3%)
|
|
Cellulitis/decubitus ulcers
|
16 (3.2%)
|
|
Sepsis
|
12 (2.4%)
|
|
ETOH or street drug intoxication/withdrawal
|
12 (2.4%)
|
|
Gastroenteritis/colitis
|
12 (2.4%)
|
|
Cancer
|
11 (2.2%)
|
|
Acute kidney injury
|
11 (2.2%)
|
|
Pancreatitis
|
10 (2.0%)
|
|
Other
|
234 (52.7%)
|
|
Number of comorbidities
|
4.9 ± 2.8
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