Measuring change in health status of older adults at the population level: The transition probability model

Table 1 Number of elderly patients by age and sex, Ontario, Canada, 1998-2006

AGE GRP	1998		1999		2000		2001		2002		2003		2004		2005		2006
	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M
65-69	229,062	206,786	231,920	211,646	232,858	213,856	235,033	217,481	234,634	217,328	237,563	219,596	239,681	221,301	242,621	223,518	244,229	223,933
70-74	211,941	167,776	214,869	176,672	219,825	186,909	223,188	194,621	223,639	196,335	222,453	197,206	222,451	197,772	221,120	196,551	221,178	197,249
75-79	168,333	113,291	183,171	126,246	192,445	136,833	200,355	147,382	201,284	151,545	202,070	155,249	200,936	158,288	202,091	162,887	201,931	165,699
80-84	99,891	55,869	108,708	63,369	122,796	74,671	137,464	86,770	146,854	93,298	155,355	99,928	163,433	105,440	166,760	109,280	169,061	113,130
85-89	53,950	23,700	63,922	29,762	73,377	35,940	83,080	42,802	84,351	43,978	86,157	45,353	88,251	47,062	95,319	51,831	102,342	56,368
90-94	19,582	6,401	24,667	8,557	30,917	11,456	37,416	14,597	39,637	15,829	41,863	17,127	44,917	18,724	47,039	20,089	48,881	21,576
95-99	4,477	1,060	6,246	1,551	8,494	2,276	11,473	3,300	12,220	3,644	13,098	4,075	13,797	4,472	15,053	5,071	15,962	5,523
100+	688	138	1,032	224	1,582	345	2,398	525	2,674	603	3,085	760	3,498	915	4,006	1,164	4,588	1,461

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