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Table 4 Estimates of prevalence of neurological conditions by province/territory, among LTC home residents 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

British

Manitoba

Newfound. &

Nova Scotia

Ontario

Yukon

&

Columbia

  

Labrador

      

Scenario b

(%)

(CI) c

(%)

(CI)

(%)

(CI)

(%)

(CI)

(%)

(CI)

(%)

  (CI)

ADRD

1

69.7

(69.0,70.4)

70.3

(69.1,71.5)

68.6

(63.7,73.2)

65.0

(61.1,68.7)

66.0

(65.7,66.4)

57.4

(48.4,66.0)

2

67.8

(67.1,68.6)

68.2

(67.0,69.4)

67.8

(62.9,72.5)

64.0

(60.1,67.8)

64.3

(64.0,64.6)

53.5

(44.5,62.3)

3

62.5

(61.7,63.2)

65.9

(64.6,67.1)

59.2

(54.0,64.1)

60.3

(56.4,64.2)

60.6

(60.2,60.9)

47.3

(38.4,56.3)

4 d

58.9

(58.2,59.7)

62.6

(61.4,63.9)

56.3

(51.1,61.3)

60.3

(56.4,64.2)

57.9

(57.6,58.2)

41.9

(33.2,50.9)

5

34.8

(33.8,35.8)

43.9

(41.9,45.8)

28.9

(22.6,35.8)

NA e

27.1

(26.8,27.5)

22.0

(14.6,31.0)

PD

1

6.7

(6.4,7.1)

7.2

(6.5,7.9)

4.2

(2.4,6.7)

4.0

(2.6,5.8)

8.4

(8.2,8.6)

3.9

(1.3,8.8)

2

6.2

(5.8,6.6)

6.7

(6.0,7.3)

3.4

(1.8,5.7)

4.0

(2.6,5.8)

7.8

(7.6,8.0)

3.9

(1.3,8.8)

3

6.0

(5.6,6.4)

6.4

(5.8,7.1)

3.4

(1.8,5.7)

3.4

(2.1,5.1)

7.3

(7.2,7.5)

3.9

(1.3,8.8)

4

5.6

(5.2,5.9)

5.9

(5.3,6.5)

2.1

(0.9,4.1)

3.4

(2.1,5.1)

6.9

(6.8,7.1)

3.1

(0.9,7.7)

5

4.0

(3.6,4.4)

4.9

(4.1,5.8)

3.1

(1.1,6.6)

NA

3.6

(3.5,3.8)

2.8

(0.6,7.8)

Epilepsy

1

4.0

(3.7,4.3)

4.7

(4.2,5.3)

7.3

(4.9,10.4)

3.2

(2.0,4.9)

6.3

(6.2,6.5)

7.8

(3.8,13.8)

2

3.7

(3.4,4.0)

4.7

(4.1,5.2)

6.8

(4.5,9.8)

3.0

(1.8,4.7)

6.0

(5.8,6.2)

6.2

(2.7,11.9)

3

3.5

(3.2,3.7)

4.4

(3.9,5.0)

6.8

(4.5,9.8)

2.7

(1.6,4.3)

5.5

(5.4,5.7)

6.2

(2.7,11.9)

4

3.2

(2.9,3.4)

4.2

(3.7,4.8)

6.5

(4.3,9.5)

2.7

(1.6,4.3)

5.2

(5.1,5.4)

5.4

(2.2,10.9)

5

1.6

(1.3,1.9)

1.0

(0.7,1.5)

2.6

(0.8,5.9)

NA

1.5

(1.4,1.6)

2.8

(0.6,7.8)

TBI

1

3.4

(3.1,3.7)

1.6

(1.3,2.0)

2.4

(1.1,4.4)

0.6

(0.2,1.6)

4.0

(3.9,4.2)

3.9

(1.3,8.8)

2

2.5

(2.3,2.8)

1.1

(0.8,1.4)

1.8

(0.7,3.7)

0.5

(0.1,1.4)

2.5

(2.4,2.6)

3.9

(1.3,8.8)

3

2.4

(2.2,2.6)

1.0

(0.8,1.3)

1.6

(0.6,3.4)

0.3

(0.0,1.2)

1.9

(1.8,2.0)

3.1

(0.9,7.7)

4

1.4

(1.3,1.6)

0.6

(0.5,0.9)

1.6

(0.6,3.4)

0.3

(0.0,1.2)

0.9

(0.8,1.0)

1.6

(0.2,5.5)

5

2.2

(1.9,2.5)

1.0

(0.7,1.5)

1.5

(0.3,4.5)

NA

1.7

(1.6,1.8)

1.8

(0.2,6.5)

  1. aADRD = Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias, PD = Parkinson’s Disease, TBI = Traumatic Brain Injury.
  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/territories.
  5. eNo hospital or ED visits for LTC clients in this province.
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