Table 2
Case mix in long-term care facilities, British Columbia, 1996 to 2006

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  1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Facilities
Number 165 158 146 153 131 163 159 151 147 133 134
% of total surveyed 70.8 68.1 62.4 68.0 58.2 70.9 70.7 64.0 59.3 52.6 59.0
Residents aged 85 or older
Mean proportion 0.5 0.52 0.51 0.54 0.54 0.54 0.54 0.55 0.52 0.54 0.55
Standard deviation 0.16 0.14 0.14 0.15 0.15 0.14 0.15 0.16 0.17 0.15 0.15
Male residents
Mean proportion 0.3 0.29 0.28 0.27 0.28 0.28 0.27 0.28 0.29 0.28 0.29
Standard deviation 0.15 0.15 0.14 0.14 0.15 0.14 0.13 0.14 0.13 0.14 0.13
Mortality
Mean annual rate* 0.11 0.12 0.12 0.13 0.13 0.14 0.14 0.16 0.17 0.17 0.17
Standard deviation 0.07 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.07 0.07 0.07 0.08 0.07 0.08 0.09
Facilities with all residents Type III or higher
Number 7 12 15 12 21 16 21 34 47 49 51
% 4.2 7.6 10.3 7.8 16.0 9.8 13.2 22.5 32.0 36.8 38.3
* total deaths divided by total residents in care in same year
client needs 24-hour availability of professional nursing care and supervision; medical management and/or therapeutic care required
client needs 24-hour monitoring by professional nursing staff, but not resources of acute-care hospital
Source: 1996 to 2006 Residential Care Facilities Survey.