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| 2 | number and percentage with acute care hospitalization or death during 25- to 36-month follow-up, by selected characteristics, household population aged 65 or older, canada excluding territories and quebec, 2008/2009 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 3 | characteristics | acute care hospitalization |  |  |  | death |  |  |  |
| 4 |  | number ''000 | % | 95% confidence interval |  | number ''000 | % | 95% confidence interval |  |
| 5 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 6 |  |  |  | from | to |  |  | from | to |
| 7 | total | 760 | 26.1 | 24.8 | 27.5 | 195 | 6.7 | 6.1 | 7.4 |
| 8 | sex |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 9 | men | 358 | 27.2 | 25.2 | 29.3 | 105 | 7.9 | 6.8 | 9.2 |
| 10 | women | 402 | 25.2 | 23.5 | 27.1 | 90 | 5.7 | 5.0 | 6.4 |
| 11 | age group |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 12 | 65 to 74 | 306 | 18.8 | 17.1 | 20.6 | 49 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 3.8 |
| 13 | 75 or older | 454 | 35.4 | 33.3 | 37.6 | 146 | 11.4 | 10.2 | 12.6 |
| 14 | main source of household income |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 15 | social assistance or old age security and guaranteed income supplement | 157 | 28.6 | 25.9 | 31.5 | 49 | 8.9 | 7.3 | 10.9 |
| 16 | other | 561 | 25.2 | 23.6 | 26.9 | 134 | 6.0 | 5.4 | 6.8 |
| 17 | self-perceived health |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 18 | good, very good, excellent | 514 | 22.6 | 21.2 | 24.2 | 118 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 5.9 |
| 19 | fair, poor | 246 | 38.7 | 35.5 | 42.0 | 77 | 12.1 | 10.4 | 14.0 |
| 20 | current daily smoker |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 21 | yes | 71 | 31.6 | 27.1 | 36.6 | 25 | 11.0 | 8.3 | 14.4 |
| 22 | no | 689 | 25.7 | 24.3 | 27.2 | 170 | 6.3 | 5.7 | 7.0 |
| 23 | bmi category |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 24 | underweight | 17 | 39.1 | 29.8 | 49.3 | 7 | 15.5 | 9.6 | 24.0 |
| 25 | normal weight/overweight | 537 | 26.3 | 24.8 | 27.9 | 143 | 7.0 | 6.3 | 7.8 |
| 26 | obese | 194 | 25.1 | 22.4 | 28.0 | 41 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 6.8 |
| 27 | nutritional risk |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 28 | yes | 305 | 31.2 | 28.8 | 33.6 | 92 | 9.4 | 8.1 | 10.7 |
| 29 | no | 455 | 23.6 | 21.9 | 25.3 | 103 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 6.1 |

Question: what is the proportion of seniors who were hospitalized at least once during the follow-up period to all seniors in canada?
Answer: 26.1

Question: which age groups were more likely to have been hospitalized, older seniors or those aged 65 to 75?
Answer: 75 or older

Question: whih group of seniors has a significantly higher precentage of acute care hospitalization during the follow-up period, those be at nutritional risk or those not at nutritional risk?
Answer: yes

Question: what is the estimated percent of senior population died during the follow-up period?
Answer: 6.7

Question: which group of seniors were more likely to die, those at nutritional risk or those not at risk?
Answer: yes