Age-adjusted average number of hospital, nursing home and total care days in the previous 7 years among the deceased and the survivors at the end of follow-up by age and sex
| Age* | Survival status | N | Average number of days | Ratio: NHC/total | |||
| Hospital care (95% CI) | Nursing home care (95% CI) | Total care (95% CI) | |||||
| Men | 70–79 | Deceased | 14 231 | 145 (141 to 148) | 74 (69 to 78) | 218 (212 to 225) | 0.34 |
| Survivors | 61 751 | 31 (30 to 32) | 20 (18 to 22) | 51 (49 to 53) | 0.39 | ||
| Deceased/survivors | 4.7 | 3.7 | 4.3 | ||||
| Deceased − survivors | 114 | 54 | 168 | ||||
| 80–89 | Deceased | 11 501 | 195 (185 to 205) | 168 (154 to 182) | 363 (346 to 380) | 0.46 | |
| Survivors | 18 873 | 64 (61 to 68) | 78 (72 to 84) | 143 (135 to 150) | 0.55 | ||
| Deceased/survivors | 3.0 | 2.2 | 2.5 | ||||
| Deceased − survivors | 130 | 90 | 221 | ||||
| 90+ | Deceased | 3084 | 236 (197 to 275) | 332 (275 to 388) | 568 (514 to 622) | 0.58 | |
| Survivors | 2091 | 110 (91 to 128) | 228 (198 to 258) | 338 (304 to 371) | 0.68 | ||
| Deceased/survivors | 2.2 | 1.5 | 1.7 | ||||
| Deceased − survivors | 127 | 104 | 230 | ||||
| Women | 70–79 | Deceased | 11 368 | 198 (194 to 202) | 121 (115 to 126) | 319 (312 to 326) | 0.38 |
| Survivors | 90 782 | 31 (29 to 34) | 26 (23 to 29) | 57 (53 to 61) | 0.45 | ||
| Deceased/survivors | 6.3 | 4.6 | 5.6 | ||||
| Deceased − survivors | 167 | 95 | 261 | ||||
| 80–89 | Deceased | 20 157 | 263 (254 to 271) | 278 (265 to 290) | 540 (526 to 555) | 0.51 | |
| Survivors | 46 490 | 82 (74 to 89) | 125 (114 to 136) | 207 (194 to 220) | 0.61 | ||
| Deceased/survivors | 3.2 | 2.2 | 2.6 | ||||
| Deceased − survivors | 181 | 153 | 334 | ||||
| 90+ | Deceased | 9803 | 353 (319 to 387) | 535 (487 to 584) | 888 (835 to 942) | 0.60 | |
| Survivors | 7825 | 174 (140 to 208) | 385 (337 to 434) | 560 (506 to 614) | 0.69 | ||
| Deceased/survivors | 2.0 | 1.4 | 1.6 | ||||
| Deceased − survivors | 178 | 150 | 328 | ||||
↵* In the presentation of the age-adjusted results, age at death/end of follow-up was centred at the mean value observed in the data in each broad age group.