Table 2.

Description of community-dwelling subjects aged 20 years or older from Cycle 2 of the National Population Health Survey (NPHS) 1996/97

	%	95% confidence interval (CI)
Male	48.9	(48.08–49.73)
Age 20–14 years	54.3	(53.47–55.10)
Age 45–64 years	29.7	(28.95–30.45)
Age 65+ years	16.0	(15.46–16.58)
Education <12 years	23.2	(22.54–23.93)
K6, cut-off 13+	1.7	(1.46–1.92)
90% probability of depression	4.2	(3.89–4.52)
Food allergy	6.7	(6.33–7.11)
Heart disease	4.4	(4.13–4.71)
Diabetes	3.6	(3.34–3.94)
Arthritis	15.8	(15.29–16.40)
Epilepsy	0.7	(0.52–0.82)
Chronic bronchitis	3.0	(2.75–3.27)
Effects of stroke	1.0	(0.88–1.15)
Cataract	3.1	(2.85–3.35)
	Mean	Standard error (SE)
HUI3 overall (range: 0.061–1)	0.91	0.001
K6 (range: 0–24)	2.31	0.029
HUI3 cognition (range: 0.32–1)	0.97	0.001
HUI3 emotion (range: 0–1)	0.98	0.001
HUI3 pain (range: 0–1)	0.93	0.001
HUI3 vision (range: 0.38–1)	0.96	0.001
SRH (range: 0–4)	2.68	0.008
alcohol use (range: 0–3)	0.86	0.005
BMI (range: 13.2–57.9)	25.52	0.039
CIDI (range: 0–8)	0.33	0.011
Social support (range: 0–4)	3.77	0.007
Restriction of activity (range: 0–6)	0.28	0.007
No. of chronic conditions (range: 0–15)	1.34	0.012