Demographic characteristics | July 2008 | January 2009 | January 2010 | July 2010 | ||||
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(n= 111) | (n= 139) | (n= 157) | (n= 145) | |||||
Age (in years) | Â | Â | Â | Â | ||||

Mean | 84.7 | 84.2 | 85.7 | 86.3 | ||||

Standard deviation | 7.9 | 8.7 | 8.6 | 7.6 | ||||

Range | 48 to 102 | 43 to 103 | 45 to 104 | 60 to 102 | ||||
Sex | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % |

Male | 38 | 34.2 | 42 | 30.2 | 45 | 28.7 | 40 | 27.6 |

Female | 73 | 65.8 | 97 | 69.8 | 112 | 71.3 | 105 | 72.4 |
Marital status | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % |

Never married | 4 | 3.6 | 6 | 4.3 | 5 | 3.2 | 7 | 4.8 |

Married | 28 | 25.2 | 39 | 28.1 | 42 | 26.8 | 32 | 22.1 |

Widowed | 70 | 63.1 | 82 | 59.0 | 99 | 63.1 | 94 | 64.8 |

Separated | 1 | 0.9 | 1 | 0.7 | 
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 | 1 | 0.7 |

Divorced | 8 | 7.2 | 11 | 7.9 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 6.9 |

Unknown | 
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 | 1 | 0.7 |