Table 1.
Characteristics | Total | |
---|---|---|
Gender | N | % |
Female | 396 | 49.3% |
Male | 408 | 50.7% |
Ethnicity | ||
Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander | 4 | 0.5% |
Language | ||
Language other than English | 35 | 4.4% |
Employment status | ||
Employed | 215 | 26.7% |
Unable to work (long-term sickness/disability) | 109 | 13.6% |
Retired from paid work | 427 | 53.1% |
Other | 53 | 6.6% |
Age (yr) * | ||
30-39 | 44 | 5.5% |
40-49 | 78 | 9.7% |
50-59 | 142 | 17.7% |
60-69 | 256 | 31.9% |
≥ 70 | 282 | 35.2% |
Index of Relative Socio-Economic Disadvantage (Postcode not known for 17 participants) | ||
1st quintile | 148 | 18.8% |
2nd quintile | 146 | 18.5% |
3rd quintile | 285 | 36.2% |
4th quintile | 110 | 14.0% |
5th quintile | 99 | 12.6% |
Self-rated health status (How would you rate your health?) | ||
Poor | 308 | 38.3% |
Good, very good or excellent | 494 | 61.6% |
Self-rated mental health status (Have you felt downhearted or blue during the past month?) | ||
A little or none of the time | 440 | 54.8% |
A good bit to some of the time | 260 | 32.3% |
Most to all of the time | 1023 | 12.7% |
Health conditions | ||
Hypertension (HT) | 395 | 49.1% |
Arthritis | 277 | 34.5% |
High cholesterol | 239 | 29.7% |
Cancer | 213 | 26.5% |
Other | 208 | 25.9% |
Diabetes | 185 | 23.0% |
Depression | 132 | 16.4% |
Heart disease | 132 | 16.4% |
Anxiety | 105 | 13.16% |
Asthma | 104 | 12.9% |
Respiratory | 75 | 9.3% |
Thrombosis | 73 | 9.18% |
Stroke | 28 | 3.58% |
Two participants did not disclose their age and two rated their health and mental health status as 'don't know'.