Table 1 Patient cohort characteristics
Characteristic (in 2005/2006) | Number (row %) of individuals | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Patients with MSOC who retired (N = 12,013) | Patients with MSOC who did not retire (N = 415,917) | Total |  | |
Age |  |  |  | < 0.0001 |
< 20 | 527 (4.4) | 32,606 (7.8) | 33,133 |  |
20–29 | 454 (3.8) | 21,361 (5.1) | 21,815 |  |
30–39 | 832 (6.9) | 37,098 (8.9) | 37,930 |  |
40–49 | 1884 (15.7) | 70,052 (16.8) | 71,936 |  |
50–59 | 2915 (24.3) | 92,378 (22.2) | 95,293 |  |
60–69 | 2569 (21.4) | 76,481 (18.4) | 79,050 |  |
70–79 | 1925 (16.0) | 60,583 (14.6) | 62,508 |  |
80 +  | 907 (7.6) | 25,358 (6.1) | 26,265 |  |
Sex |  |  |  |  < 0.0001 |
Female | 6548 (54.5) | 236,570 (56.9) | 243,118 | Â |
Male | 5460 (45.5) | 179,186 (43.1) | 184,646 | Â |
Unknown* |  ≤ 5 |  ≤ 161 | 166 |  |
Socioeconomic status | Â | Â | Â | |
1—lowest | 2517 (21.0) | 82,914 (19.9) | 85,431 |  < 0.0001 |
2 | 2450 (20.4) | 85,796 (20.6) | 88,246 | Â |
3 | 2164 (18.0) | 83,600 (20.1) | 85,764 | Â |
4 | 2267 (18.9) | 79,805 (19.2) | 82,072 | Â |
5—highest | 2445 (20.4) | 79,726 (19.2) | 82,171 |  |
Unknown | 170 (1.4) | 4076 (1.0) | 4246 | Â |
Health authority of residence |  |  |  < 0.0001 | |
Interior health | 2286 (19.0) | 55,283 (13.3) | 57,569 | Â |
Fraser health | 3056 (25.4) | 151,886 (36.5) | 154,942 | Â |
Vancouver coastal health | 2958 (24.6) | 118,014 (28.4) | 120,972 | Â |
Island health | 2948 (24.5) | 73,747 (17.7) | 76,695 | Â |
Northern health | 755 (6.3) | 16,560 (4.0) | 17,315 | Â |
Major ADGs | Â | Â | Â | 0.0005 |
0 | 6253 (52.1) | 224,315 (53.9) | 230,568 | Â |
1 | 3766 (31.4) | 127,358 (30.6) | 131,124 | Â |
2 | 1418 (11.8) | 45,866 (11) | 47,284 | Â |
3 | 429 (3.6) | 13,744 (3.3) | 14,173 | Â |
4 +  | 147 (1.2) | 4634 (1.1) | 4781 |  |