Table 2.

Summary of health behaviours among a sample of 13 367 persons in China, aged ≥50 years, evaluated with data from the World Health Organisation Study on global AGEing and adult health (SAGE) Wave 1 China (2007–2010).

Socio-demographic characteristic	Smoking (pack-years)	Diet n (%)		Physical activity n (%)
	Mean ± SD	Not Healthy	Healthy	Inactive	Active
Age (years)
50–59	6.49 ± 13.04	1721 (32.8)	3531 (67.2)	1575 (27.9)	4080 (72.1)
60–69	6.86 ± 15.26	1317 (5.7)	2367 (64.3)	1165 (30.0)	2714 (70.6)
≥70	6.24 ± 16.68	1198 (37.6)	1986 (62.4)	1504 (44.1)	1907 (55.9)
Sex
Male	14.71 ± 19.19	2223 (39.0)	3473 (61.0)	1960 (32.3)	4110 (67.7)
Female	0.76 ± 5.60	2013 (31.3)	4411 (68.7)	2284 (33.2)	4591 (66.8)
Marital status
Single	5.01 ± 14.04	860 (43.2)	1132 (56.8)	822 (38.3)	1326 (61.7)
Non-single	6.84 ± 14.89	3373 (33.3)	6746 (66.7)	3419 (31.7)	7369 (68.3)
Educational level
Low	6.80 ± 15.55	3039 (41.9)	4211 (58.1)	269 (33.9)	5239 (66.1)
Medium	6.49 ± 13.67	1077 (25.7)	3120 (74.3)	1295 (29.9)	3035 (70.1)
High	3.36 ± 10.90	98 (16.0)	513 (84.0)	228 (37.1)	387 (62.9)
Permanent income
Lowest	7.97 ± 16.66	1271 (54.6)	1058 (45.4)	826 (32.2)	1736 (67.8)
Second	7.85 ± 16.01	1007 (42.8)	1346 (57.2)	748 (29.4)	1799 (70.6)
Middle	6.26 ± 14.53	803 (33.2)	1618 (66.8)	794 (30.7)	1796 (69.3)
Fourth	6.12 ± 13.97	688 (27.4)	1825 (72.6)	902 (34)	1749 (66.0)
Highest	4.44 ± 11.88	452 (18.5)	1994 (81.5)	946 (37.3)	1589 (62.7)
Employment
Non-working	5.23 ± 14.12	1735 (28.3)	4393 (71.7)	2188 (34.7)	4120 (65.3)
Working	9.12 ± 15.96	2051 (43.3)	2686 (56.7)	1270 (25.4)	3738 (74.6)
NCDs
No	7.40 ± 15.20	2048 (35.2)	3776 (64.8)	1935 (30.6)	4394 (69.4)
Yes	5.73 ± 14.31	2188 (34.8)	4108 (65.2)	2309 (34.9)	4307 (65.1)

SAGE, Study on global AGEing and adult health; NCD, non-communicable disease.