Table 4.
Number (n) reporting each health problem (Q 13-14) by age (years) and sex (N = 43,112)
|
<60 |
60 < 65 |
65 < 70 |
70 < 75 |
75 < 80 |
80 < 85 |
>85 |
TOTAL |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
| Pain in joints |
men |
763 |
55.7 |
2710 |
70.6 |
3704 |
73.4 |
3811 |
75.7 |
2001 |
74.0 |
1528 |
76.9 |
1366 |
75.6 |
15883 |
72.9 |
| |
women |
1136 |
68.7 |
3995 |
78.3 |
4573 |
81.3 |
3539 |
84.0 |
1380 |
82.5 |
1384 |
86.1 |
1211 |
83.4 |
17218 |
80.7 |
| Chest pain |
men |
386 |
28.2 |
1466 |
38.2 |
2041 |
40.5 |
2155 |
42.8 |
1109 |
41.0 |
868 |
43.7 |
751 |
41.6 |
8776 |
40.3 |
| |
women |
597 |
36.1 |
2298 |
45.0 |
2547 |
45.3 |
2007 |
47.6 |
789 |
47.2 |
824 |
51.2 |
705 |
48.6 |
9767 |
45.8 |
| Breathing problems |
men |
122 |
8.9 |
591 |
15.4 |
883 |
17.5 |
1115 |
22.2 |
648 |
24.0 |
544 |
27.4 |
534 |
29.6 |
4437 |
20.4 |
| |
women |
156 |
9.4 |
714 |
14.0 |
794 |
14.1 |
712 |
16.9 |
306 |
18.3 |
344 |
21.4 |
352 |
24.2 |
3378 |
15.8 |
| Urinary incontinence |
men |
143 |
10.4 |
706 |
18.4 |
1117 |
22.1 |
1425 |
28.3 |
827 |
30.6 |
683 |
34.4 |
726 |
40.2 |
5627 |
25.8 |
| |
women |
293 |
17.7 |
1309 |
25.7 |
1553 |
27.6 |
1426 |
33.8 |
597 |
35.7 |
653 |
40.6 |
637 |
43.9 |
6486 |
30.3 |
| Uterine prolapse |
men |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| |
women |
99 |
6.0 |
247 |
4.8 |
352 |
6.3 |
255 |
6.0 |
120 |
7.2 |
109 |
6.8 |
101 |
7.0 |
1283 |
6.0 |
| Depression |
men |
87 |
6.4 |
630 |
16.4 |
1028 |
20.5 |
1053 |
20.9 |
592 |
21.9 |
491 |
24.7 |
478 |
26.5 |
4359 |
20.0 |
| |
women |
205 |
12.4 |
1209 |
23.7 |
1335 |
23.7 |
1084 |
25.7 |
426 |
25.5 |
475 |
29.5 |
403 |
27.8 |
5137 |
24.1 |
| Stroke/paralysis |
men |
10 |
0.7 |
125 |
3.3 |
177 |
3.5 |
194 |
3.9 |
132 |
4.9 |
111 |
5.6 |
134 |
7.4 |
883 |
4.1 |
| |
women |
19 |
1.1 |
162 |
3.2 |
183 |
3.3 |
186 |
4.1 |
93 |
5.6 |
102 |
6.3 |
117 |
8.1 |
862 |
4.0 |
| Itching |
men |
183 |
13.4 |
696 |
18.1 |
1059 |
21.0 |
1080 |
21.5 |
680 |
25.1 |
486 |
24.4 |
493 |
27.3 |
4677 |
21.5 |
| |
women |
310 |
18.8 |
1067 |
20.9 |
1238 |
22.0 |
951 |
22.6 |
366 |
21.9 |
398 |
24.8 |
361 |
24.9 |
4691 |
22.0 |
| Sexual difficulties |
men |
84 |
6.1 |
174 |
4.5 |
308 |
6.1 |
394 |
7.8 |
262 |
9.7 |
202 |
10.2 |
264 |
14.6 |
1688 |
7.8 |
| |
women |
98 |
5.9 |
224 |
4.4 |
238 |
4.7 |
136 |
3.2 |
49 |
2.9 |
41 |
2.5 |
26 |
1.8 |
812 |
3.8 |
| Other problems |
men |
531 |
38.8 |
1393 |
36.3 |
1840 |
36.5 |
1772 |
35.2 |
950 |
35.1 |
688 |
34.6 |
656 |
36.3 |
7830 |
36.0 |
| |
women |
688 |
41.6 |
2069 |
40.6 |
2188 |
38.9 |
1562 |
37.1 |
598 |
35.8 |
585 |
36.4 |
566 |
39.0 |
8258 |
38.7 |
| Hands shaking at rest |
men |
18 |
1.3 |
120 |
3.1 |
209 |
4.1 |
288 |
5.7 |
210 |
7.8 |
198 |
10.0 |
262 |
14.5 |
1305 |
6.0 |
| |
women |
36 |
2.2 |
193 |
3.8 |
253 |
4.5 |
300 |
7.1 |
133 |
8.0 |
191 |
11.9 |
223 |
15.4 |
1329 |
6.2 |
| TOTAL N |
men |
1369 |
|
3836 |
|
5043 |
|
5033 |
|
2705 |
|
1988 |
|
1806 |
|
21780 |
|
| women | 1653 | 5102 | 5628 | 4215 | 1672 | 1608 | 1452 | 21330 | |||||||||