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Table 1 Population, number and percent of hospitalized casualties age 65+ by ethnicity, in 2016

From: Achieving ethnic equality in the Israel trauma healthcare system: the case of the elderly population

 

Total

Jews

Arabs

Population

 Total

8,546,000

6,768,500

1,775,000

 Age 65+

958,600

879,100

79,600

 Percent from the entire population

11.2%

13.0%

4.5%

Hospitalized casualties

 Total

38,546

27,434

11,112

 Age 65+

11,967

10,897

1070

 Percent from the entire hospitalized casualties1

31.0%

39.7%

9.6%

Rate per 1000 population2

12.5

12.4

13.4

  1. 1Calculation was based on: (Number of hospitalized casualyties Age 65+/ Number of hospitalized casualties) *100
  2. 2Calculation was based on: (Number of hospitalized casualties Age 65+/ Number of population age 65+) *1000