Table 2.

SF-6D health state utility values by age group

	Mean	Standard deviation	Min.	Max.	Observations	Individuals
All countries
Under 35 years	0.760387	0.139523	0.3	1	1811	1055
35–44 years	0.717771	0.145022	0.3	1	2660	1451
45–54 years	0.687817	0.138592	0.3	1	2822	1557
55–64 years	0.674979	0.135299	0.3	1	2326	1211
65 years and over	0.658051	0.136079	0.3	1	1308	700
Austria
Under 35 years	0.811	0.102387	0.64	1	20	13
35–44 years	0.809275	0.156283	0.35	1	69	34
45–54 years	0.736078	0.136427	0.42	1	51	36
55–64 years	0.756061	0.102681	0.53	1	33	17
65 years and over	0.716	0.113284	0.51	0.93	25	16
France
Under 35 years	0.730351	0.148846	0.36	1	171	86
35–44 years	0.670348	0.13492	0.3	1	345	175
45–54 years	0.641503	0.125873	0.3	1	386	205
55–64 years	0.648115	0.133238	0.3	1	382	192
65 years and over	0.615297	0.132804	0.34	1	202	113
Germany
Under 35 years	0.774379	0.131078	0.38	1	338	203
35–44 years	0.721186	0.148078	0.33	1	531	294
45–54 years	0.692475	0.135764	0.3	1	602	339
55–64 years	0.659823	0.126737	0.3	1	451	239
65 years and over	0.626276	0.131203	0.32	1	239	112
Italy
Under 35 years	0.695273	0.137354	0.38	1	55	46
35–44 years	0.699573	0.131722	0.37	0.97	117	81
45–54 years	0.669833	0.131667	0.32	1	120	84
55–64 years	0.681226	0.110028	0.35	0.93	106	72
65 years and over	0.69863	0.139695	0.3	1	73	43
Netherlands
Under 35 years	0.739927	0.127738	0.39	1	137	75
35–44 years	0.731773	0.148347	0.41	1	203	104
45–54 years	0.704164	0.126814	0.32	1	269	142
55–64 years	0.700437	0.128704	0.41	1	229	108
65 years and over	0.658624	0.132249	0.3	0.97	109	59
Norway
Under 35 years	0.766897	0.115017	0.55	1	58	26
35–44 years	0.775417	0.142899	0.38	1	120	50
45–54 years	0.731018	0.156396	0.36	1	167	59
55–64 years	0.724952	0.146842	0.39	1	103	43
65 years and over	0.744928	0.104031	0.51	1	69	23
Poland
Under 35 years	0.740701	0.145356	0.3	1	385	217
35–44 years	0.700069	0.128252	0.34	1	289	165
45–54 years	0.66278	0.124237	0.32	0.96	259	147
55–64 years	0.658906	0.120341	0.4	1	256	138
65 years and over	0.646847	0.102877	0.38	0.96	111	67
Portugal
Under 35 years	0.789608	0.143568	0.42	1	153	59
35–44 years	0.691326	0.153885	0.37	1	181	73
45–54 years	0.662026	0.147543	0.36	1	153	69
55–64 years	0.645833	0.133548	0.34	1	96	48
65 years and over	0.655224	0.160022	0.3	0.96	67	32
Spain
Under 35 years	0.794508	0.130217	0.33	1	244	177
35–44 years	0.746099	0.144008	0.3	1	323	208
45–54 years	0.687599	0.1457	0.34	1	279	180
55–64 years	0.667126	0.153473	0.3	1	247	129
65 years and over	0.640992	0.132989	0.38	1	131	86
Sweden
Under 35 years	0.763571	0.142834	0.34	0.89	28	16
35–44 years	0.762245	0.134788	0.54	1	49	22
45–54 years	0.743253	0.154723	0.33	1	83	35
55–64 years	0.719385	0.17946	0.33	1	65	27
65 years and over	0.686579	0.128237	0.43	1	38	20
Switzerland
Under 35 years	0.785517	0.119779	0.54	1	29	14
35–44 years	0.691852	0.142452	0.45	0.93	27	17
45–54 years	0.673778	0.116097	0.43	0.92	45	25
55–64 years	0.681225	0.117874	0.35	0.93	49	19
65 years and over	0.776	0.122018	0.54	0.93	20	8
UK
Under 35 years	0.756667	0.146746	0.3	1	183	114
35–44 years	0.714822	0.140459	0.35	1	394	219
45–54 years	0.712357	0.138297	0.32	1	403	231
55–64 years	0.702671	0.134274	0.3	1	307	177
65 years and over	0.684036	0.13906	0.3	1	223	120