Table 1 Characteristics of persons aged 65 or more within the permanent sample of persons covered by the Belgian public health insurance (2004–09), sample selected for analysis and excluded cases
Men | Women | All | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age initially | 65-74 | 75-84 | 85+ | 65-74 | 75-84 | 85+ | |
Analysis sample (a) | |||||||
Preferential status initially | 17.2% | 24.5% | 35.1% | 24.2% | 36.0% | 46.4% | 24.7% |
COPD* | 7.8% | 11.3% | 8.0% | 5.7% | 7.0% | 7.2% | 7.3% |
Dementia* | 2.9% | 8.6% | 10.5% | 4.0% | 10.8% | 14.6% | 5.7% |
Diabetes* | 5.9% | 5.6% | 2.8% | 5.1% | 5.0% | 2.7% | 5.3% |
Hip fracture* | 2.1% | 4.4% | 6.6% | 3.5% | 8.7% | 14.3% | 4.3% |
Parkinson’s disease* | 1.2% | 3.2% | 2.1% | 1.2% | 2.6% | 2.6% | 1.7% |
Dead* | 7.3% | 25.1% | 59.9% | 3.6% | 15.7% | 43.0% | 11.1% |
Home care* | 3.3% | 15.9% | 25.3% | 5.9% | 22.9% | 35.8% | 10.0% |
Residential care* | 1.0% | 7.8% | 23.9% | 1.3% | 13.3% | 34.1% | 5.1% |
Partner** | 71.3% | 62.6% | 37.9% | 57.2% | 26.5% | 6.5% | 55.6% |
Partner loss* | 7.6% | 11.0% | 14.0% | 8.1% | 13.0% | 6.6% | 9.1% |
Partner gained* | 2.6% | 1.6% | 1.8% | 1.1% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 1.5% |
Single** | 18.5% | 24.7% | 46.2% | 33.5% | 60.0% | 86.3% | 33.7% |
Start year is 2004 | 63.8% | 99.6% | 99.7% | 66.0% | 99.5% | 99.1% | 75.9% |
Number of observed quarters | 17.2 | 19.5 | 15.6 | 17.9 | 20.5 | 17.6 | 18.2 |
Number of individuals | 21,894 | 7,840 | 1,039 | 25,607 | 11,301 | 1,881 | 69,562 |
Excluded cases | |||||||
Preferential status initially | 33.7% | 41.6% | 58.6% | 44.5% | 55.7% | 66.8% | 47.5% |
COPD* | 39.9% | 42.7% | 30.2% | 28.5% | 25.2% | 16.4% | 30.8% |
Dementia* | 14.0% | 21.1% | 21.9% | 20.1% | 28.7% | 29.7% | 22.1% |
Diabetes* | 43.9% | 32.5% | 19.1% | 41.5% | 32.8% | 16.4% | 35.0% |
Hip fracture* | 4.3% | 7.4% | 9.2% | 7.2% | 13.8% | 13.3% | 8.9% |
Parkinson’s disease* | 6.0% | 11.2% | 8.2% | 6.7% | 10.4% | 8.1% | 8.2% |
Dead* | 23.0% | 55.0% | 81.0% | 14.8% | 39.8% | 72.2% | 37.1% |
Home care* | 13.8% | 33.9% | 39.2% | 22.2% | 42.7% | 34.3% | 28.7% |
Residential care* | 6.9% | 23.2% | 49.5% | 9.6% | 39.2% | 66.3% | 25.9% |
Partner** | 65.0% | 56.4% | 29.4% | 48.6% | 19.2% | 3.5% | 40.4% |
Partner loss* | 6.7% | 9.5% | 8.4% | 8.8% | 9.4% | 2.9% | 7.8% |
Partner gained* | 2.6% | 1.6% | 2.1% | 1.3% | 0.7% | 0.4% | 1.4% |
Single** | 25.7% | 32.4% | 60.1% | 41.3% | 70.7% | 93.2% | 50.3% |
Start year is 2004 | 67.6% | 99.5% | 99.8% | 69.9% | 99.7% | 99.7% | 84.8% |
Number of observed quarters | 16.0 | 15.7 | 11.3 | 17.2 | 17.7 | 13.0 | 16.1 |
Number of individuals | 8,328 | 4,891 | 1,282 | 9,255 | 8,406 | 4,503 | 36,665 |