| 1 | A | B | C | D | E | F | G |
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| 2 | rates (unadjusted) and variability for copd-specific hospitalizations, emergency department visits and physician visits, by geographic level, age and sex, population aged 35 or older with physician-diagnosed copd, ontario, 2002 to 2011 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 3 | service use, age and sex | province level |  | sublhin level |  |  |  |
| 4 |  | number | rate | median | range |  | coefficient of variation |
| 5 |  |  |  |  | from | to |  |
| 6 | hospitalizations |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 7 | total | 29,540 | 40.9 | 40.7 | 19.4 | 80.9 | 25.6 |
| 8 | men | 15,407 | 43.1 | 42.7 | 20.9 | 82.8 | 25.3 |
| 9 | women | 14,180 | 38.9 | 38.2 | 14.5 | 78.3 | 27.2 |
| 10 | emergency department visits |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 11 | total | 14,447 | 20.0 | 19.7 | 5.8 | 59.1 | 55.6 |
| 12 | men | 7,241 | 20.2 | 19.5 | 5.9 | 61.3 | 55.7 |
| 13 | women | 7,178 | 19.7 | 19.0 | 3.5 | 58.2 | 56.9 |
| 14 | physician visits |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 15 | total | 108,934 | 150.8 | 151.5 | 92.0 | 201.3 | 13.2 |
| 16 | 35 to 49 | 8,517 | 78.6 | 73.1 | 36.0 | 131.8 | 21.3 |
| 17 | 50 to 64 | 29,211 | 122.4 | 118.9 | 74.8 | 176.2 | 17.9 |
| 18 | 65 or older | 71,314 | 189.8 | 189.1 | 114.5 | 25.4 | 12.5 |
| 19 | men | 56,366 | 157.5 | 158.1 | 90.1 | 214.4 | 13.4 |
| 20 | women | 52,629 | 144.3 | 143.3 | 87.8 | 190.5 | 14.7 |

Question: what was the overall rate of hospitallizations per 1,000 prevalent cases of copd?
Answer: 40.9

Question: what was the overall rate of hospitallizations per 1,000 men prevalent cases of copd?
Answer: 43.1

Question: what was the overall rate of hospitallizations per 1,000 women prevalent cases of copd?
Answer: 38.9

Question: what was the total number of copd-specific emergency department visits took place during the study period?
Answer: 14447

Question: what was the number of copd-specific physician visits recorded over the study period?
Answer: 108934

Question: what was the number of physician visits per 1,000 prevalent cases over the study period?
Answer: 150.8

Question: which age groups with copd had the highest rate of physician visits?
Answer: 65 or older