Table 4.
Self-perceived overall physical and emotional wellbeing, illness, morbidity and quality of life by age and region in the male and female respondents aged 18 years or older in China
| Male Age | Female Age | Male Residence | Female Residence | |||||
| Quality of life | < 65 N (%) |
≥ 65 N (%) |
< 65 N (%) |
≥ 65 N (%) |
Rural N (%) |
Urban N (%) |
Rural N (%) |
Urban N (%) |
| Total N (denominator) | 60955 | 8793 | 60835 | 9248 | 50232 | 19516 | 49355 | 20728 |
| Perceived poor or very poor physical and emotional wellbeing | 1905 (3.1) | 1424 (16.2) | 2589 (4.3) | 1774 (19.2) | 2419 (4.8) | 910 (4.7) | 3106 (6.3) | 1257 (6.1) |
| Presence of illness in the last 2 weeks before the survey | 7198 (11.8) | 2667 (30.3) | 9194 (15.1) | 2991 (32.3) | 7142 (14.2) | 2723 (14.0) | 8533 (17.3) | 3652 (17.6) |
| Presence of physician diagnosed chronic disease in the last 6 months before the survey | 6899 (11.3) | 3533 (40.2) | 8575 (14.1) | 3801 (41.1) | 6541 (13.0) | 3891 (19.9) | 7659 (15.5) | 4717 (22.8) |
| Presence of mild to extremely severe problem in the last 30 days on any one of seven items below | 13173 (21.6) | 5580 (63.5) | 16376 (26.9) | 6627 (71.7) | 13144 (26.2) | 5609 (28.7) | 15814 (32.0) | 7189 (34.7) |
| Washing or dressing yourself | 1815 (3.0) | 1656 (18.8) | 2322 (3.8) | 2111 (22.8) | 2559 (5.1) | 912 (4.7) | 3291 (6.7) | 1142 (5.5) |
| Usual activities such as work, or housework | 3113 (5.1) | 2574 (29.3) | 4320 (7.1) | 3421 (37.0) | 4179 (8.3) | 1508 (7.7) | 5584 (11.3) | 2157 (10.4) |
| Pain and physical discomfort | 6219 (10.2) | 3165 (36.0) | 8688 (14.3) | 4058 (43.9) | 6689 (13.3) | 2695 (13.8) | 8880 (18.0) | 3866 (18.7) |
| Concentration or memory | 4720 (7.7) | 3595 (40.9) | 6525 (10.7) | 4457 (48.2) | 5723 (11.4) | 2592 (13.3) | 7360 (14.9) | 3622 (17.5) |
| Recognizing a familiar person in 20 meter or more away (with glasses for people wearing glasses) | 3248 (5.3) | 3343 (38.0) | 4352 (7.2) | 4439 (48.0) | 4634 (9.2) | 1957 (10.0) | 5973 (12.1) | 2818 (13.6) |
| Emotional discomfort due to restlessness | 5531 (9.1) | 2675 (30.4) | 7525 (12.4) | 3468 (37.5) | 5668 (11.3) | 2538 (13.0) | 7479 (15.2) | 3514 (17.0) |
| Anxiety or depression | 5476 (9.0) | 2009 (22.9) | 7171 (11.8) | 2563 (27.7) | 5260 (10.5) | 2225 (11.4) | 6845 (13.9) | 2889 (13.9) |