Table 1 Description of Elderly Patients in the Veterans Health Administration in FY2000
From: Psychiatric and medical admissions observed among elderly patients with new-onset epilepsy
Characteristic | TIGER Cohort with New-Onset Epilepsy | Non-Epilepsy Patients | Total Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
Number of patients | 1,610 | 822,873 | 824,483 |
| Â | N (%) or Mean (SD) | N (%) or Mean (SD) | N (%) or Mean (SD) |
Age | Â | Â | Â |
   65-74 Years | 850 (53%) | 448,274 (54%) | 449,124 (54%) |
   75-84 Years | 706 (44%) | 345,985 (42%) | 346,691(42%) |
   85 or older | 54 (3%) | 28,614 (3%) | 28,668 (3%) |
Ethnicity/Race | Â | Â | Â |
   Hispanic | 83 (5%) | 44,612 (5%) | 44,695 (5%) |
   African-American | 323 (20%) | 94,669 (12%) | 94,992 (12%) |
   Anglo | 1,204 (75%) | 683,592 (83%) | 684,796 (83%) |
Gender | Â | Â | Â |
   Women | 24 (1.5%) | 16,790 (2%) | 16,814 (2%) |
   Men | 1,586 (98.5%) | 806,083 (98%) | 807,669 (98%) |
Neurological conditions, other | 150 (9%) | 32,114 (4%) | 32,264 (4%) |
Cerebrovascular disease | 639 (40%) | 136,306 (17%) | 136,945 (17%) |
Dementia | 284 (18%) | 60,588 (7%) | 60,872 (7%) |
Brain tumor | 27 (2%) | 5,306 (1%) | 5,333 (1%) |
Head injury | 25 (2%) | 3,565 (<1%) | 3,590 (<1%) |
Any psychiatric condition | 801 (50%) | 199,480 (24%) | 200,281 (24%) |
   Anxiety | 152 (9%) | 43,292 (5%) | 43,444 (5%) |
   Depression | 280 (17%) | 71,623 (9%) | 71,903 (9%) |
   Post-traumatic stress disorder | 77 (5%) | 22,382 (3%) | 22,459 (3%) |
   Bipolar disorder | 47 (3%) | 9,729 (1%) | 9,776 (1%) |
   Schizophrenia | 80 (5%) | 15,954 (2%) | 16,034 (2%) |
   Alcohol dependence | 104 (6%) | 16,922 (2%) | 17,026 (2%) |
   Substance abuse | 211 (13%) | 55,554 (7%) | 55,765 (7%) |
Hypertension | 1,147 (71%) | 510,382 (62%) | 511,529 (62%) |
Dyslipidemia | 449 (28%) | 265,785 (32%) | 266,234 (32%) |
Diabetes | 497 (31%) | 221,810 (27%) | 222,307 (27%) |
FY00 psychiatric admission | 91 (6%) | 7,739 (1%) | 7,830 (1%) |
FY00 medical admission | 809 (50%) | 115,548 (14%) | 116,357 (14%) |
FY00 epilepsy-related admission (a subset of medical admissions) | 263 (16%) | 4 (<1%) | 267 (<1%) |