From: A comparison of home care quality indicator rates in two Canadian provinces
Overall (n = 111,804) | Ontario (n = 102,554) | WRHA (n = 9,250) | p value | |
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% (n) | ||||
Age | ||||
Mean (SD) | 83.2 (7.6) | 83.2 (7.6) | 83.4 (7.4) | 0.003 |
65–74 | 15.7 (17,560) | 15.8 (16,224) | 14.4 (1,336) | 0.0007 |
75–84 | 40.2 (44,893) | 40.0 (41,058) | 41.5 (3,835) | |
85+ | 44.1 (49,351) | 44.1 (45,2721) | 44.1 (4,079) | |
Sex | ||||
Female | 68.6 (76,738) | 68.3 (70,040) | 72.4 (6,698) | <0.0001 |
Marital status | ||||
Never married | 4.6 (5,146) | 4.3 (4,428) | 7.8 (718) | <0.0001 |
Married | 34.7 (38,844) | 35.3 (36,217) | 28.4 (2,627) | |
Widowed/ separated/divorced | 59.9 (66,974) | 59.6 (61,139) | 63.1 (5,835) | |
Other | 0.8 (840) | 0.8 (770) | 0.8 (70) | |
Highest level of education | ||||
No schooling | 2.0 (2,078) | 2.1 (1,976) | 1.1 (102) | <0.0001 |
Eighth grade or less | 23.8 (24,316) | 23.8 (22,028) | 24.7 (2,288) | |
Some high school/high school graduate | 33.2 (33,899) | 32.2 (29,841) | 43.9 (4,058) | |
Post-Secondary education | 21.5 (21,943) | 21.6 (19,993) | 21.1 (1,950) | |
Unknown | 19.4 (19,761) | 20.4 (18,909) | 9.2 (852) |