Table 2.

Socio-demographic characteristics, life expectancy, disability-free life expectancy, and proportion of life spent without disability at age 65 among community-dwelling residents across 18 districts in Hong Kong in 2013.

	Socio-demographic characteristics						Life expectancy		Disability-free life expectancy		% disability-free
	% secondary education or above	% low-income families	% owner-occupier households	% aged 75 years or above	% married	Population size	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female
Central & Western	51.8	15.9	57.0	50.6	57.5	34,800	21.2	24.2	14.3	15.0	67.5	61.8
Wan Chai	60.7	17.4	59.8	50.8	58.8	24,600	21.5	23.9	13.6	15.7	63.2	65.8
Eastern	45.7	20.0	60.8	48.9	59.1	96,000	20.6	24.9	14.1	14.4	68.7	57.9
Southern	34.3	18.0	52.0	47.8	58.2	38,100	18.9	22.3	12.3	12.9	65.2	57.8
Yau Tsim Mong	45.6	22.4	55.6	48.4	59.2	45,700	18.3	22.7	11.5	14.0	63.0	61.6
Sham Shui Po	33.6	26.5	41.2	51.0	55.6	62,600	20.3	26.2	13.0	14.8	64.2	56.4
Kowloon City	46.4	20.2	53.6	50.1	59.0	60,700	19.2	23.9	13.9	15.5	72.2	64.8
Wong Tai Sin	22.8	24.7	41.3	53.1	53.6	72,700	19.3	24.8	12.9	13.3	67.2	53.5
Kwun Tong	30.9	27.0	32.1	50.8	56.1	105,600	19.7	25.7	13.2	15.6	67.3	60.7
Kwai Tsing	26.5	24.3	33.4	44.3	56.7	74,100	18.8	24.0	12.2	13.1	65.2	54.6
Tsuen Wan	38.9	19.7	57.8	47.2	62.7	39,000	18.1	21.9	11.3	12.9	62.4	58.8
Tuen Mun	32.6	23.4	55.2	39.8	58.9	50,200	18.0	20.6	13.7	12.9	76.5	62.7
Yuen Long	30.1	21.0	49.8	45.6	57.4	55,000	18.6	22.6	13.8	15.3	74.0	67.8
North	26.4	20.1	59.4	46.7	58.2	31,500	17.8	20.8	13.6	14.6	76.5	70.1
Tai Po	33.5	17.4	64.5	45.0	59.0	32,000	17.9	21.3	13.2	15.0	73.9	70.4
Sha Tin	36.6	18.6	58.3	45.0	59.8	79,100	20.7	24.8	14.7	14.9	71.1	60.3
Sai Kung	39.1	14.1	65.5	43.1	59.7	41,500	18.6	22.9	13.7	15.2	73.6	66.4
Islands	40.6	21.1	43.4	47.3	58.6	14,600	23.8	27.5	12.9	11.8	54.3	42.9