Table 3 Characteristics of the validation cohort
Characteristic | All Sites N (%) | Canadian Sites | CPRD N (%) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All Canadian Sites N (%) | AB N (%) | BC N (%) | MB N (%) | ON N (%) | QC N (%) | |||
Total | 20,607 (100.0) | 19,324 (93.8) | 1125 (5.5) | 3415 (16.6) | 773 (3.8) | 7741 (37.6) | 6270 (30.4) | 1283 (6.2) |
Sex | ||||||||
 Female | 8586 (41.7) | 8056 (41.7) | 403 (35.8) | 1275 (37.3) | 325 (42.0) | 3421 (44.2) | 2632 (42.0) | 530 (41.3) |
 Male | 12,021 (58.3) | 11,268 (58.3) | 722 (64.2) | 2140 (62.7) | 448 (58.0) | 4320 (55.8) | 3638 (58.0) | 753 (58.7) |
Age Group | ||||||||
  < 70 years | 4702 (22.8) | 4380 (22.7) | 494 (43.9) | 942 (27.6) | 345 (44.6) | 889 (11.5) | 1710 (27.3) | 322 (25.1) |
  ≥ 70 years | 15,905 (77.2) | 14,944 (77.3) | 631 (56.1) | 2473 (72.4) | 428 (55.4) | 6852 (88.5) | 4560 (72.7) | 961 (74.9) |
All Cardiovascular Deaths and Non-Cardiovascular Deaths | ||||||||
 Cardiovascular deaths identified from both sources | 4236 (20.6) | 3879 (20.1) | 319 (28.4) | 461 (13.5) | 230 (29.8) | 1795 (23.2) | 1074 (17.1) | 357 (27.8) |
 Cardiovascular deaths identified from administrative health records only | 3537 (17.2) | 3128 (16.2) | 241 (21.4) | 893 (26.1) | 86 (11.1) | 1119 (14.5) | 789 (12.6) | 409 (31.9) |
 Cardiovascular deaths identified from vital statistics registrations only | 2300 (11.2) | 2248 (11.6) | 65 (5.8) | 256 (7.5) | 190 (24.6) | 1034 (13.4) | 703 (11.2) | 52 (4.1) |
 Non-cardiovascular deaths identified from both sources | 10,534 (51.1) | 10,069 (52.1) | 500 (44.4) | 1805 (52.9) | 267 (34.5) | 3793 (49.0) | 3704 (59.1) | 465 (36.2) |
In-Hospital Cardiovascular Deaths and Non-Cardiovascular Deathsa | ||||||||
 Cardiovascular deaths identified from both sources | 1839 (17.0) | 1687 (16.5) | 121 (19.4) | 227 (13.7) | 78 (16.3) | 694 (18.5) | 567 (15.3) | 152 (25.6) |
 Cardiovascular deaths identified from administrative health records only | 848 (7.8) | 635 (6.2) | 84 (13.4) | 162 (9.8) | 13 (2.7) | 124 (3.3) | 252 (6.8) | 213 (35.9) |
 Cardiovascular deaths identified from vital statistics registrations only | 1383 (12.8) | 1360 (13.3) | 45 (7.2) | 177 (10.7) | 157 (32.8) | 613 (16.4) | 368 (9.9) | 23 (3.9) |
 Non-cardiovascular deaths identified from both sources | 6737 (62.3) | 6531 (63.9) | 375 (60.0) | 1089 (65.8) | 230 (48.1) | 2313 (61.8) | 2524 (68.0) | 206 (34.7) |
 Total number of in-hospital deaths identified from both sources | 10,807 | 10,213 | 625 | 1655 | 478 | 3744 | 3711 | 594 |
Out-of-Hospital Cardiovascular Deaths and Non-Cardiovascular Deathsb | ||||||||
 Cardiovascular deaths identified from both sources | 2397 (24.5) | 2192 (24.1) | 198 (39.6) | 234 (13.3) | 152 (51.5) | 1101 (27.5) | 507 (19.8) | 205 (29.8) |
 Cardiovascular deaths identified from administrative health records only | 2689 (27.4) | 2493 (27.4) | 157 (31.4) | 731 (41.5) | 73 (24.7) | 995 (24.9) | 537 (21.0) | 196 (28.4) |
 Cardiovascular deaths identified from vital statistics registrations only | 917 (9.4) | 888 (9.7) | 20 (4.0) | 79 (4.5) | 33 (11.2) | 421 (10.5) | 335 (13.1) | 29 (4.2) |
 Non-cardiovascular deaths identified from both sources | 3797 (38.7) | 3538 (38.8) | 125 (25.0) | 716 (40.7) | 37 (12.5) | 1480 (37.0) | 1180 (46.1) | 259 (37.6) |
 Total number of out-of-hospital deaths identified from both sources | 9800 | 9111 | 500 | 1760 | 295 | 3997 | 2559 | 689 |