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Table 3 Estimates of the prevalence of neurological conditions by province/territory, among home care clients assessed between January 1st and July 1st, 2010

From: Prevalence of neurological conditions across the continuum of care based on interRAI assessments

 

Province/territory

Condition a

Nova Scotia

Ontario

Yukon

Scenario b

(%)

(CI) c

(%)

(CI)

(%)

(CI)

ADRD

      

1

25.0

(23.7,26.2)

25.6

(25.3,25.9)

8.5

(3.5,16.8)

2

24.2

(23.0,25.5)

24.8

(24.5,25.1)

8.5

(3.5,16.8)

3

24.1

(22.8,25.3)

24.0

(23.7,24.3)

8.5

(3.5,16.8)

4 d

22.3

(21.1,23.5)

21.6

(21.3,21.9)

8.5

(3.5,16.8)

5

11.7

(10.6,12.9)

10.3

(10.0,10.5)

3.8

(0.5,13.0)

PD

      

1

4.3

(3.8,5.0)

5.2

(5.0,5.3)

1.2

(0.0,6.6)

2

4.1

(3.6,4.8)

5.0

(4.8,5.1)

1.2

(0.0,6.6)

3

4.1

(3.5,4.7)

4.8

(4.7,4.9)

1.2

(0.0,6.6)

4

3.7

(3.2,4.3)

4.4

(4.3,4.5)

1.2

(0.0,6.6)

5

2.5

(2.0,3.1)

2.5

(2.4,2.6)

0.0

(0.0,0.0)

TBI

      

1

2.5

(2.0,3.0)

3.2

(3.1,3.3)

7.3

(2.7,15.2)

2

2.1

(1.7,2.6)

2.5

(2.4,2.6)

7.3

(2.7,15.2)

3

2.0

(1.6,2.5)

2.3

(2.2,2.4)

7.3

(2.7,15.2)

4

1.6

(1.3,2.0)

1.2

(1.2,1.3)

7.3

(2.7,15.2)

5

0.9

(0.6,1.3)

1.4

(1.4,1.5)

0.0

(0.0,0.0)

MS

      

1

2.2

(1.8,2.7)

1.8

(1.7,1.9)

0.0

(0.0,0.0)

2

2.1

(1.7,2.6)

1.8

(1.7,1.8)

0.0

(0.0,0.0)

3

2.0

(1.6,2.5)

1.7

(1.6,1.8)

0.0

(0.0,0.0)

4

2.0

(1.6,2.4)

1.6

(1.5,1.7)

0.0

(0.0,0.0)

5

1.4

(1.0,1.9)

1.0

(0.9,1.1)

0.0

(0.0,0.0)

  1. aADRD = Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias, PD = Parkinson’s Disease, TBI = Traumatic Brain Injury, MS = Multiple Sclerosis.
  2. bSee Table 1 for description of each of the five case definition scenarios.
  3. cExact 95% confidence interval.
  4. dOnly estimates by Scenario 4 are comparable across provinces.
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