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. 2012 May 25;12:379. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-379

Table 3.

Number (n) reporting ‘much difficulty ‘or ‘can’t do it at all’ for each functional capacity (Q 1-12) by age and sex (N = 43112)

  <60
 60 < 65
 65 < 70
 70 < 75
 75 < 80
 80 < 85
 > 85
 TOTAL
 % under-rated
n % n % n % n % n % n % n % n %
Q1 seeing
 men
 13
 0.9
 116
 3.0
 217
 4.3
 316
 6.3
 262
 9.7
 252
 12.7
 362
 20.0
 1538
 7.1
 1.6
 
 women
 34
 2.1
 218
 4.3
 285
 5.1
 413
 9.8
 211
 12.6
 302
 18.8
 379
 26.1
 1842
 8.6
 2.1
Q2 hearing
 men
 2
 0.1
 61
 1.6
 75
 1.5
 142
 2.8
 116
 4.3
 151
 7.6
 204
 11.3
 751
 3.4
 0.8
 
 women
 10
 0.6
 96
 1.9
 135
 2.4
 213
 5.1
 91
 5.4
 139
 8.6
 230
 15.8
 914
 4.3
 1.1
Q3 getting up
 men
 8
 0.6
 47
 1.2
 67
 1.3
 93
 1.8
 81
 3.0
 99
 5.0
 206
 11.4
 601
 2.8
 0.2
 
 women
 7
 0.4
 60
 1.2
 74
 1.3
 130
 3.1
 72
 4.3
 140
 8.7
 228
 15.7
 711
 3.3
 0.3
Q4 standing
 men
 9
 0.7
 36
 0.9
 75
 1.5
 101
 2.0
 94
 3.5
 118
 5.9
 223
 12.3
 656
 3.0
 0.3
 
 women
 6
 0.4
 43
 0.8
 68
 1.2
 137
 3.3
 79
 4.7
 161
 10.0
 283
 19.5
 777
 3.6
 0.2
Q5 walking
 men
 4
 0.3
 34
 0.9
 63
 1.2
 87
 1.7
 75
 2.8
 93
 4.7
 189
 10.4
 545
 2.5
 0.2
 
 women
 7
 0.4
 42
 0.8
 57
 1.0
 119
 2.8
 68
 4.1
 141
 8.8
 227
 15.6
 661
 3.1
 0.2
Q6 go outside
 men
 9
 0.7
 74
 1.9
 142
 2.8
 201
 4.0
 169
 6.2
 202
 10.2
 354
 19.6
 115
 5.3
 0.3
 
 women
 12
 0.7
 101
 2.0
 191
 3.4
 303
 7.2
 174
 10.4
 293
 18.2
 426
 29.3
 1500
 7.0
 0.3
Q7 washing
 men
 2
 0.1
 37
 1.0
 70
 1.4
 92
 1.8
 74
 2.7
 114
 5.7
 213
 11.8
 602
 2.8
 0.1
 
 women
 10
 0.6
 38
 0.7
 72
 1.3
 127
 3.0
 79
 4.7
 152
 9.4
 253
 17.4
 731
 3.4
 0.2
Q8 lavatory
 men
 4
 0.3
 35
 0.9
 70
 1.4
 84
 1.7
 68
 2.5
 92
 4.6
 196
 10.8
 549
 2.5
 0.1
 
 women
 6
 0.4
 41
 0.8
 63
 1.1
 122
 2.9
 77
 4.6
 139
 8.6
 228
 15.7
 676
 3.2
 0.1
Q9 understanding
 men
 11
 0.8
 65
 1.7
 123
 2.4
 153
 3.0
 127
 4.7
 161
 8.1
 259
 14.3
 899
 4.1
 0.4
 
 women
 10
 0.6
 117
 2.3
 201
 3.6
 230
 5.5
 124
 7.4
 169
 10.5
 283
 19.5
 1134
 5.3
 0.5
Q10 remembering
 men
 4
 0.3
 43
 1.1
 92
 1.8
 110
 2.2
 95
 3.5
 112
 5.6
 179
 9.9
 635
 2.9
 0.6
 
 women
 12
 0.7
 78
 1.5
 119
 2.1
 158
 3.7
 84
 5.0
 129
 8.0
 228
 15.7
 808
 3.8
 0.6
Q11 lifting/carrying
 men
 51
 3.7
 487
 12.7
 699
 13.9
 792
 15.7
 609
 22.5
 540
 27.2
 672
 37.2
 3850
 17.7
 1.5
 
 women
 105
 6.4
 700
 13.7
 857
 15.2
 991
 23.5
 483
 28.9
 592
 36.8
 702
 48.7
 4430
 20.8
 1.7
Q12 getting food
 men
 22
 1.6
 81
 2.1
 83
 1.6
 108
 2.1
 75
 2.8
 73
 3.7
 87
 4.8
 529
 2.4
 1.3
 
 women
 36
 2.2
 101
 2.0
 115
 2.0
 122
 2.9
 66
 3.9
 84
 5.2
 118
 8.1
 642
 3.0
 1.6
TOTAL N
 men
 1369
  
 3836
  
 5043
  
 5033
  
 2705
  
 1988
  
 1807
  
 21781
  
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  women 1653   5102   5628   4215   1672   1608   1453   21331   -