Table 2.
Health status and health habit characteristics: age-standardized prevalence ratios or mean value for SAGE+ Wave 2 (year 2010), by survey
| SAGE | CHARLS | ELSA | HRS | LASI | SHARE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (W1) | (W1) | (W5) | (W10) | (Pilot) | (W4) | |
| (n = 35 125) | (n = 13 817) | (n = 8985) | (n = 20 337) | (n = 1109) | (n = 56 755) | |
| Self-reported health | ||||||
| Excellent/very good/good | 29.7 | 27.2 | 74.4 | 75.3 | 82.9 | 60.4 |
| Fair/moderate | 49.1 | 45.4 | 17.5 | 17.7 | 13.3 | 27.9 |
| Poor/bad/very bad | 21.2 | 27.4 | 8.1 | 7.0 | 3.8 | 11.7 |
| Health conditions (ever been diagnosed/told by a doctor) | ||||||
| Angina | 10.9 | NA | 7.6 | 7.9 | NA | NA |
| Arthritis | 21.5 | 34.3 | 34.7 | 51.8 | 9.3 | 23.9 |
| Asthma | 4.1 | 4.2 | 11.2 | NA | NA | NA |
| Cancer | NA | 0.9 | 5.5 | 12.6 | 0.3 | 4.8 |
| Diabetes | 7.7 | 6.5 | 10.6 | 20.2 | 10.4 | 12.5 |
| Hypertension | 28.7 | 27.6 | 38.4 | 54.0 | 20.0 | 36.7 |
| Lung diseases | 7.5 | 11.3 | 4.9 | 9.3 | 6.0 | 6.6 |
| Stroke | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 5.5 | 0.9 | 3.3 |
| Measured hypertension | 36.1 | 59.2 | 39.9a | 57.8 | 29.2 | NA |
| Among hypertensives: | ||||||
| Hypertensive not on treatment | 20.4 | 19.2 | 2.0 | 7.1 | 12.2 | |
| Normotensive on treatment | 21.1 | 4.8 | 54.3 | 59.5 | 43.2 | |
| Hypertensive on treatment | 58.5 | 76.0 | 43.7 | 33.4 | 44.6 | |
| Number of chronic conditions (multimorbidity)b | ||||||
| None | 53.1 | 42.4 | 37.4 | 21.4 | 67.8 | 42.4 |
| 1 | 30.5 | 37.0 | 36.2 | 30.8 | 21.1 | 34.4 |
| 2+ | 16.4 | 20.6 | 26.4 | 47.8 | 11.1 | 23.2 |
| Able to remember | NA | NA | ||||
| Yes, with no difficulties | 2.4 | 5.6 | 35.1 | 24.5 | ||
| With some difficulties | 31.4 | 13.7 | 41.3 | 47.0 | ||
| With difficulty | 48.3 | 43.7 | 19.6 | 22.7 | ||
| With a lots of difficulties | 17.9 | 37.0 | 4.0 | 5.8 | ||
| Time orientation (number of correct items)c | NA | |||||
| 4 | 47.5 | 82.2 | 80.7 | 47.6 | 86.7 | |
| 2–3 | 38.8 | 16.4 | 18.3 | 21.2 | 11.8 | |
| 0–1 | 13.7 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 31.2 | 3.5 | |
| Immediate recall (number of words correctly recalled) | ||||||
| 10 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 0.5 |
| 7–9 | 12.7 | 4.8 | 38.9 | 28.7 | 15.5 | 22.9 |
| 4–6 | 61.7 | 42.1 | 52.7 | 61.2 | 58.6 | 61.1 |
| 1–3 | 23.8 | 31.5 | 6.2 | 8.6 | 22.1 | 13.7 |
| None | 1.2 | 21.5 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 2.6 | 1.8 |
| Delayed recall (number of words recalled) | NA | |||||
| 10 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| 7–9 | 20.8 | 2.7 | 18.0 | 14.4 | 8.2 | 9.7 |
| 4–6 | 52.3 | 28.3 | 57.0 | 59.4 | 38.7 | 47.7 |
| 1–3 | 20.5 | 46.7 | 18.3 | 20.9 | 44.0 | 33.0 |
| None | 5.1 | 22.2 | 6.0 | 4.8 | 8.9 | 9.2 |
| Feeling depressed/sad | ||||||
| Yes | 38.4 | 54.0 | 25.7 | 20.4 | 35.6 | 43.1 |
| Trouble sleeping | ||||||
| Yes | 51.6 | 52.3 | 42.1 | 46.6 | 48.8 | 36.2 |
| Felt lonely | NA | |||||
| Yes | 11.7 | 31.2 | 12.9 | 15.3 | 32.3 | |
| Able to read | ||||||
| Yes, with no difficulties | 43.0 | 31.0 | 56.6 | 41.8 | 53.9 | 36.1 |
| With some difficulties | 31.2 | 42.8 | 34.5 | 41.1 | 34.9 | 37.1 |
| With difficulty | 18.3 | 25.2 | 7.0 | 11.3 | 9.0 | 16.6 |
| With a lots of difficulties | 7.5 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 5.8 | 2.2 | 10.2 |
| Able to seeing things at a distance | ||||||
| Yes, with no difficulties | 51.1 | 35.8 | 61.7 | 50.5 | 54.5 | 44.2 |
| With some difficulties | 25.8 | 38.3 | 31.6 | 38.9 | 33.0 | 39.1 |
| With difficulty | 14.8 | 24.9 | 5.2 | 7.9 | 10.1 | 11.4 |
| With a lots of difficulties | 8.4 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 5.3 |
| Hearing | NA | NA | ||||
| Excellent | 1.1 | 18.7 | 20.2 | 15.6 | ||
| Very good | 12.3 | 29.9 | 28.9 | 23.2 | ||
| Good | 29.6 | 31.9 | 32.9 | 40.5 | ||
| Fair | 40.2 | 15.2 | 14.0 | 16.7 | ||
| Poor | 16.8 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.0 | ||
| Often troubled with pain | NA | |||||
| Yes | 61.0 | 33.7 | 39.7 | 35.4 | 57.6 | |
| BMI | ||||||
| Underweight | 15.4 | 8.4 | 0.9a | 1.1 | 26.0 | 1.2 |
| Normal | 46.3 | 63.3 | 25.7 | 27.3 | 53.0 | 36.8 |
| Overweight | 25.5 | 24.0 | 41.3 | 37.6 | 15.7 | 41.9 |
| Obese | 12.8 | 4.3 | 32.1 | 34.0 | 5.3 | 20.1 |
| BMI | ||||||
| Mean value (SE) | 24.2 (0.16) | 23.2 (0.05) | 28.5 (0.08)a | 28.6 (0.07) | 21.8 (0.23) | 26.7 (0.05) |
| Tobacco consumption | ||||||
| Not current smoker | 66.2 | 71.1 | 84.5 | 83.8 | 92.5 | 80.3 |
| Current smoker | 33.8 | 28.9 | 15.5 | 16.2 | 7.5 | 19.7 |
| Mean number of cigarettes (SE) | 6.5 (0.49) | 17.4 (0.24) | 14.1 (0.31) | 13.9 (0.29) | 16.1 (3.52) | NA |
| Number of years smoking | NA | |||||
| Current smoker | 31.5 (0.43) | 39.9 (0.20) | 44.1 (0.18) | 34.8 (1.60) | 37.2 (0.32) | |
| Ex-smoker | NA | 30.7 (0.45) | 23.1 (0.23) | 21.7 (2.90) | 20.4 (0.27) | |
| Number of years quit smoking | NA | |||||
| Ex-smoker | 17.4 (0.62) | 11.2 (0.42) | 23.0 (0.23) | 20.9 (2.37) | 20.6 (0.57) | |
| Alcohol abstainer | ||||||
| Yes | 64.1 | 67.9 | 12.3 | 38.3 | 85.3 | 32.5 |
| No | 35.9 | 32.1 | 87.7 | 61.7 | 14.7 | 67.5 |
| Frequent heavy drinker | ||||||
| Yes | 6.5 | 19.5 | 8.2 | 4.9 | 27.1 | 4.5 |
| No | 93.5 | 80.5 | 91.8 | 95.1 | 72.9 | 95.5 |
| Infrequent heavy drinker | ||||||
| Yes | 2.8 | 8.0 | 6.3 | 3.9 | 15.1 | 4.9 |
| No | 97.2 | 92.0 | 93.7 | 96.1 | 84.9 | 95.1 |
| Number days per week with alcoholic drinks | NA | |||||
| Less than once a week/once a week | 69.6 | 24.5 | 40.3 | 54.6 | 26.2 | |
| Twice/three times a week | 10.5 | 13.0 | 27.2 | 22.3 | 26.4 | |
| Four/five times a week | 4.1 | 5.1 | 14.7 | 9.5 | 17.8 | |
| Six/seven times a week | 15.8 | 57.4 | 17.8 | 13.6 | 29.6 | |
| Mean number of drinks per day (SE) | 1.4 (0.09) | 2.1 (0.05) | 3.0 (0.04) | 2.2 (0.03) | 4.9 (0.38) | 2.3 (0.03) |
| Frequency of participation in vigorous physical activity | ||||||
| Less than once a week | 96.0 | 69.5 | 69.6 | 61.5 | 72.1 | 52.5 |
| Once a week | 0.3 | 1.2 | 10.1 | 10.8 | 3.6 | 13.4 |
| More than once a week | 3.7 | 29.3 | 20.3 | 27.7 | 24.3 | 34.1 |
| Frequency of participation in moderate/mild physical activity | ||||||
| Less than once a week | 28.4 | 15.1 | 9.4 | 11.3 | 60.4 | 19.8 |
| Once a week | 2.7 | 2.2 | 8.0 | 17.9 | 3.9 | 14.4 |
| More than once a week | 68.9 | 82.7 | 82.6 | 70.8 | 35.7 | 65.8 |
| Sedentary | ||||||
| Yes | 27.8 | 12.8 | 7.1 | 5.7 | 49.5 | 12.1 |
| No | 72.2 | 87.2 | 92.9 | 94.3 | 50.5 | 87.9 |
W, Wave; NA, not available.
aELSA have been measured in Wave 4 (2008).
bMultimorbidity for SAGE, since it is based on five conditions (cancer is not available), is not comparable to the other countries (based on six conditions).
cHRS did not administer the time orientation test to participants aged ≤64.