Table 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 (combined)

Table 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 (combined)
Table summary
This table displays the results of Rates (unadjusted) and variability for COPD-specific hospitalizations. The information is grouped by Service use, age and sex (appearing as row headers), Province level, SubLHIN level (crude rate), Number, Rate
(per 1,000 with physician-diagnosed COPD), Median , Range and Coefficient of variation (%) (appearing as column headers).
Service use, age and sex Province levelNote † SubLHIN levelNote ‡ (crude rate)
Number Rate
(per 1,000 with physician-diagnosed COPD)		 Median Range Coefficient of variation (%)
from to
Hospitalizations  
Total 29,540 40.9 40.7 19.4 80.9 25.6
Men 15,407 43.1 42.7 20.9 82.8 25.3
Women 14,180 38.9 38.2 14.5 78.3 27.2
Emergency department visits  
Total 14,447 20.0 19.7 5.8 59.1 55.6
Men 7,241 20.2 19.5 5.9 61.3 55.7
Women 7,178 19.7 19.0 3.5 58.2 56.9
Physician visits  
Total 108,934 150.8 151.5 92.0 201.3 13.2
35 to 49 8,517 78.6 73.1 36.0 131.8 21.3
50 to 64 29,211 122.4 118.9 74.8 176.2 17.9
65 or older 71,314 189.8 189.1 114.5 25.4 12.5
Men 56,366 157.5 158.1 90.1 214.4 13.4
Women 52,629 144.3 143.3 87.8 190.5 14.7
Note †

counts and rates based on aggregate province-level data.

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Note ‡

median, range and coefficient of variation calculated using ecological subLHIN level data (n = 141)

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Sources: Registered Persons Database; Discharge Abstract Database; Ontario Health Insurance Plan Physician Claims Database; National Ambulatory Care Reporting System.
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