Table 2.

Prevalence of Conditions (per 100 persons), 1997–2006

	Musculoskeletal			Cardiovascular			Obesity
	1997–1998	2005–2006	pa	1997–1998	2005–2006	pa	1997–1998	2005–2006	pa
40–44	42.67	39.00	<.01	20.47	22.30	.08	22.50	28.16	<.01
45–49	46.01	42.64	<.01	28.18	28.91	.26	22.73	28.70	<.01
50–54	50.28	45.92	<.01	36.78	38.07	.21	25.77	30.52	<.01
55–59	51.58	49.86	.42	43.64	47.64	<.01	25.00	32.30	<.01
40–59b	46.88	43.43	<.01	30.38	32.10	<.01	23.75	29.55	<.01
	Vision			Lung			Diabetes
	1997–1998	2005–2006	pa	1997–1998	2005–2006	pa	1997–1998	2005–2006	pa
40–44	8.75	7.70	.01	9.08	10.18	.02	2.94	4.47	<.01
45–49	11.64	11.18	.56	9.66	10.45	.06	4.48	6.44	<.01
50–54	11.68	11.39	.97	10.61	11.21	.03	7.26	8.86	<.01
55–59	10.67	11.82	.26	10.83	12.14	.03	9.92	12.91	<.01
40–59b	10.56	10.18	.31	9.88	10.82	<.01	5.55	7.48	<.01
	Cancer			Mental Distress			Hearing
	1997–1998	2005–2006	pa	1997–1998	2005–2006	pa	1997–1998	2005–2006	pa
40–44	3.46	3.69	.93	3.38	3.13	.93	1.20	1.18	.42
45–49	4.50	5.11	.43	3.50	3.48	.76	2.23	1.96	.07
50–54	6.69	6.87	.73	4.28	4.01	.89	2.90	2.92	.80
55–59	8.94	9.71	.17	3.44	3.88	.04	3.47	4.54	.22
40–59b	5.43	5.83	.25	3.63	3.57	.28	2.27	2.35	.53

^aNotes: The p values for test of trend for the full 10-year period in a logistic model for each condition and each age group, using all data from 1997 to 2006; for the model for ages 40–59, 5-year-age-group controls are included.

^bStandardized to 1997 age distribution.