Table 3 Binary Categorization of National Demographic Data (N = 5466)

N (%)

4460 (81.6)

1006 (18.4)

 British Columbia

988 (86.9)

149 (13.1)

< 0.001*

 Alberta

708 (82.5)

150 (17.5)

 Manitoba

779 (88.0)

106 (12.0)

 Ontario

1745 (75.4)

570 (24.6)

 Nova Scotia

240 (91.6)

31 (11.4)

 Age, mean (SD)

73.64 (6.6)

80.67 (8.7)

< 0.001†

 Male

2077 (46.6)

348 (34.6)

< 0.001*

 Missing Frailty Risk Factors

680 (15.2)

52 (5.2)

<  0.001*

 Hypertension

2854 (75.5)

760 (79.7)

0.008*

 Diabetes

1492 (39.5)

374 (39.2)

0.909*

 Dementia

211 (5.6)

238 (24.9)

< 0.001*

 Depression

839 (22.2)

316 (33.1)

< 0.001*

 Osteoarthritis

1748 (46.2)

439 (46.0)

0.929*

 Epilepsy

70 (1.9)

24 (2.5)

0.237*

 BMI, mean (SD)

29.47 (6.4)

29.46 (6.9)

0.975†

 Number of Medications (mean (SD))

6.84 (5.4)

10.48 (7.4)

< 0.001†

 Number of Encounters in the Last Year (mean (SD))

6.60 (5.8)

8.71 (6.9)

< 0.001†