Table 1.
Sociodemographic data, smoking status, and body mass index of population aged 85, by sex. Values are percentages (numbers) unless stated otherwise
| Variables | All | Women | Men | Census (2001) | P value* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle and North Tyneside (%) | England and Wales (%) | |||||
| Men | 37.9 (323) | — | — | 33.5 | 32.6 | — |
| Women | 62.1 (530) | — | — | 66.5 | 67.3 | — |
| Housing: | 0.007 | |||||
| Standard | 76.8 (655) | 73.0 (387) | 83.0 (268) | — | — | |
| Sheltered | 12.7 (108) | 14.2 (75) | 10.2 (33) | — | — | |
| Institution | 10.4 (89) | 12.6 (67) | 6.8 (22) | 12.0 | 11.2 | |
| Other | 0.1 (1) | 0.2 (1) | 0 (0) | — | — | |
| Living arrangements†: | <0.001 | |||||
| Alone | 61.0 (465) | 73.3 (338) | 42.2 (127) | 57.0 | 55.0 | |
| With spouse only | 28.1 (214) | 13.9 (64) | 49.8 (150) | — | — | |
| With others | 10.9 (83) | 12.8 (59) | 8.0 (24) | — | — | |
| Marital status: | <0.001 | |||||
| Widowed | 59.0 (500) | 70.4 (371) | 40.2 (129) | 62.3‡ | 61.2‡ | |
| Married | 30.0 (254) | 16.3 (86) | 52.3 (168) | 27.0‡ | 27.6‡ | |
| Never married | 8.3 (70) | 9.9 (52) | 5.6 (18) | 8.0‡ | 8.2‡ | |
| Divorced or separated | 2.8 (24) | 3.4 (18) | 1.9 (6) | 2.8‡ | 2.4‡ | |
| Ethnic origin: | 0.304 | |||||
| White | 99.6 (846) | 99.8 (526) | 99.4 (320) | 99.3‡ | 89.2‡ | |
| Non-white | 0.4 (3) | 0.2 (1) | 0.6 (2) | 0.7‡ | 10.8‡ | |
| Born in north east England | 77.0 (652) | 79.7 (419) | 72.6 (233) | — | — | 0.018 |
| Smoking status: | <0.001 | |||||
| Current smoker | 5.8 (49) | 6.5 (34) | 4.7 (15) | — | — | |
| Former regular smoker | 53.5 (453) | 45.7 (241) | 66.3 (212) | — | — | |
| Former occasional smoker | 5.0 (42) | 5.9 (31) | 3.4 (11) | — | — | |
| Never smoker | 35.8 (303) | 41.9 (221) | 25.6 (82) | — | — | |
| Body mass index (kg/m2)§: | ||||||
| Underweight (<18.50) | 6.4 (48) | 7.8 (35) | 4.4 (13) | — | — | |
| Normal range (18.50-24.99) | 51.3 (383) | 51.2 (230) | 51.3 (153) | — | — | |
| Pre-obese (25.00-29.99) | 32.5 (243) | 30.3 (136) | 35.9 (107) | — | — | |
| Obese (30.00-39.99) | 9.5 (71) | 10.2 (46) | 8.4 (25) | — | — | |
| Morbidly obese (≥40.00) | 0.3 (2) | 0.5 (2) | 0.0 (0) | — | — | |
Data from health assessment.
*Sex difference.
†Excludes people in institutional care.
‡Average of 80-84 and 85-89 age groups.
§Odds ratio (95% confidence interval) women to men 0.9 (0.7 to 1.2).