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. 2005 May 14;2(2):149–158. doi: 10.1007/s10433-005-0032-7

Table 2.

Percent of respondents reporting fair/poor self-rated health by age, sex, marital status, education level, lifetime occupation, heart disease, hypertension, stroke, diabetes, cancer, respiratory diseases, musculoskeletal diseases, and ADL (n number of respondents)

Finland Sweden The Netherlands Spain Israel
n Percentage with fair/poor self-rated health n Percentage with fair/poor self-rated health n Percentage with fair/poor self-rated health n Percentage with fair/poor self-rated health n Percentage with fair/poor self-rated health
Total 566 63.4 734 49.7 2,085 40.0 1,105 68.4 1,139 76.4
Age 566 734 2,085 1,105 1,139
65–74 333 59.5* 479 47.0 962 36.3** 545 66.6 - -
75–84a 182 70.9 230 54.3 1,123 43.2 433 71.8 801 75.4
85–89 51 62.7 25 60.0 - - 127 64.6 338 78.7
Sex 566 734 2,085 1,105 1,139
Women 312 62.5 465 52.3* 1,074 45.1*** 546 76.6*** 523 84.1***
Mena 254 64.6 269 45.3 1,011 34.6 559 60.5 616 69.8
Marital status 566 727 2,085 1,105 1,139
Unmarried 291 68.0 314 50.6 903 43.4** 428 72.9* 606 81.3***
Marrieda 275 58.5 413 49.6 1,182 37.4 677 65.6 528 70.4
Education level 564 681 2,079 1,100 1,096
<Elementary 57 71.9*** 0 - 244 44.7** 871 71.7* 469 82.1***
Elementary 416 67.8*** 633 50.9** 791 45.6*** 205 56.1 151 73.5
>Elementarya 91 38.5 48 31.2 1,044 34.6 24 50.0 476 71.4
Life occupation 566 496 1,895 1,094 1,118
Housewives 41 48.8 160 59.4*** 235 44.3* 270 78.1*** 258 84.5***
Manual 296 71.6*** 249 49.4** 1,038 40.3 742 66.0 473 76.7*
Non-manuala 229 55.5 87 31.0 622 35.7 82 59.8 387 69.8
Heart disease 566 618 2,085 1,101 1,139
Yes 202 77.2*** 165 73.9*** 476 62.8*** 258 82.2*** 433 84.1***
Noa 364 55.8 453 37.7 1,609 33.2 843 64.3 706 71.1
Hypertension 566 631 2,029 1,096 1,139
Yes 125 73.6 170 62.3** 184 38.6 498 75.3*** 371 84.1***
Noa 441 60.4 461 41.2 1,845 39.9 598 62.9 768 72.7
Stroke 466 622 2,085 1,100 1,139
Yes 26 84.6 18 77.8 154 58.4*** 68 75.0 48 91.7*
Noa 440 63.2 604 45.9 1,931 38.5 1,032 67.8 1,091 75.7
Diabetes 466 631 2,085 1,098 1,139
Yes 53 81.1* 67 67.2* 205 64.4*** 213 80.3*** 207 90.8***
Noa 413 62.2 564 44.9 1,880 37.4 885 65.6 932 73.2
Cancer 466 579 2,084 1,095
Yes 26 73.1 22 50.0 225 57.8*** 82 70.7 68 80.9
Noa 440 63.9 557 46.5 1,859 37.8 1,013 68.2 1,071 76.1
Respiratory diseases 537 684 2,085 1,096 1,139
Yes 55 94.5*** 120 67.5** 284 66.5*** 361 59.8*** 227 91.2***
Noa 482 62.0 564 44.7 1,801 35.8 735 63.1 912 72.7
Musculoskeletal diseases 542 704 2,085 1,098 1,139
Yes 240 73.7*** 391 67.8*** 793 53.1*** 766 76.5*** 465 87.1***
Noa 302 58.3 313 26.8 1,292 32.0 332 50.0 674 69.0
ADL 566 723 2,006 1,105 1,135
Disabled 49 87.9** 84 81.1*** 121 62.3*** 265 86.6*** 223 91.8***
Non-disablea 517 61.1 639 44.9 1,885 38.3 840 62.6 912 72.3

aReference group. *, p<0.05; **, p<0.01; ***, p<0.001; the p-value represents the difference in SRH for each potential risk factor within each country