Table 1.
Basic characteristics of Belgian Health Interview Survey (BHIS) and Belgian Compulsory Health Insurance (BCHI) samples, 2008
| BHIS | BCHI | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weighted % a | n | % | n | |
| Gender | ||||
| Men | 48.12 | 4,417 | 48.69 | 109,497 |
| Women | 51.88 | 5,234 | 51.31 | 115,406 |
| Age group | ||||
| 15–24 years | 14.27 | 1,209 | 14.41 | 32,407 |
| 25–34 years | 15.30 | 1,340 | 15.31 | 34,427 |
| 35–44 years | 17.92 | 1,503 | 17.11 | 38,482 |
| 45–54 years | 17.88 | 1,403 | 17.20 | 38,677 |
| 55–64 years | 14.09 | 1,337 | 14.37 | 32,324 |
| 65–75 years | 10.32 | 879 | 10.41 | 23,408 |
| 75+ years | 10.22 | 1,980 | 11.20 | 25,178 |
| Region b | ||||
| Flanders | 58.20 | 3,411 | 58,81 | 129,902 |
| Brussels | 10.48 | 2,831 | 9,25 | 20,441 |
| Wallonia | 31.32 | 3,409 | 31,93 | 70,523 |
| Total | 100.00 | 9,651 | 100.00 | 224,903 |
a Percentages are adjusted to the composition of the Belgian population in terms of age group, gender, province and household size through the use of post stratification weights
b In the BCHI data, information on Region is absent for 4,037 people (1.79 % of sample)