Characteristics of high-need high-cost (HNHC) patients (top 5%) and the British Columbia (BC) general population
| HNHC (top 5%) | BC | |||
| n=224 285 | n=5 378 411 | |||
| N | % | N | % | |
| Age group | ||||
| 0–44 | 66 789 | 29.8 | 3 211 043 | 59.7 |
| 45–64 | 71 159 | 31.7 | 1 459 001 | 27.1 |
| 65–74 | 42 228 | 18.8 | 442 627 | 8.2 |
| >75 | 44 109 | 19.7 | 265 659 | 4.9 |
| Missing | 0 | 0.0 | 81 | 0.0 |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 99 441 | 44.3 | 2 670 537 | 49.7 |
| Female | 124 837 | 55.7 | 2 707 240 | 50.3 |
| Missing | 7 | 0.0 | 634 | 0.0 |
| Income quintile | ||||
| First | 51 291 | 22.9 | 896 900 | 16.7 |
| Second | 44 100 | 19.7 | 903 394 | 16.8 |
| Third | 41 049 | 18.3 | 908 806 | 16.9 |
| Fourth | 39 893 | 17.8 | 915 124 | 17.0 |
| Fifth | 36 512 | 16.3 | 873 204 | 16.2 |
| Missing | 11 440 | 5.1 | 880 983 | 16.4 |
| Geographical region | ||||
| Metropolitan | 117 296 | 52.3 | 2 707 890 | 50.3 |
| Non-metropolitan (hub hospital) | 80 899 | 36.1 | 1 499 898 | 27.9 |
| Non-metropolitan (small/no hospital) | 16 302 | 7.3 | 325 156 | 6.0 |
| Remote | 903 | 0.4 | 16 590 | 0.3 |
| Missing | 8885 | 4.0 | 828 877 | 15.4 |
| Comorbidities (Elixhauser) | ||||
| 0 | 85 185 | 38.0 | 4 815 139 | 89.5 |
| 1 | 51 562 | 23.0 | 312 107 | 5.8 |
| 2 | 34 610 | 15.4 | 129 128 | 2.4 |
| 3 | 21 457 | 9.6 | 59 972 | 1.1 |
| ≥4 | 31 471 | 14.0 | 62 065 | 1.2 |