Table 2.
Number (percentage) of comorbidity and frailty for men and women aged 50+ from 20 European countries participating in the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) from 2004–2005 to 2015
| All countries |
Northern Europea |
Western Europeb |
Southern Europec |
Eastern Europed |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | |
| Comorbidity Index (0–7)e | ||||||||||
| 0 | 35,746 (32.8) | 42,318 (31.3) | 5250 (37.6) | 5956 (37.0) | 15,953 (34.2) | 19,383 (34.2) | 7746 (32.0) | 8568 (29.4) | 6797 (28.2) | 8411 (25.3) |
| 1 | 34,319 (31.5) | 41,223 (30.5) | 4255 (30.4) | 5064 (31.4) | 14,840 (31.8) | 17,954 (31.6) | 7721 (31.9) | 8533 (29.3) | 7503 (31.1) | 9672 (29.1) |
| 2+ | 38,920 (35.7) | 51,732 (38.2) | 4474 (32.0) | 5100 (31.6) | 15,871 (34.0) | 19,399 (34.2) | 8763 (36.2) | 12,067 (41.4) | 9812 (40.7) | 15,166 (45.6) |
| Missing | 434 (0.4) | 493 (0.4) | 29 (0.2) | 30 (0.2) | 243 (0.5) | 262 (0.5) | 68 (0.3) | 87 (0.3) | 94 (0.4) | 114 (0.3) |
| Specific diseasese | ||||||||||
| Heart attack | 16,055 (14.8) | 13,812 (10.3) | 1956 (14.0) | 1423 (8.8) | 6475 (14.0) | 4757 (8.4) | 3228 (13.4) | 2524 (8.7) | 4396 (18.3) | 5108 (15.4) |
| Stroke | 5033 (4.6) | 4683 (3.5) | 750 (5.4) | 563 (3.5) | 1892 (4.1) | 1816 (3.2) | 873 (3.6) | 776 (2.7) | 1518 (6.3) | 1528 (4.6) |
| Diabetes | 14,494 (13.4) | 15,237 (11.3) | 1472 (10.6) | 1205 (7.5) | 5709 (12.3) | 5267 (9.3) | 3717 (15.4) | 3924 (13.5) | 3596 (15.0) | 4841 (14.6) |
| Lung disease | 7329 (6.8) | 7667 (5.7) | 754 (5.4) | 924 (5.7) | 3086 (6.7) | 3282 (5.8) | 1797 (7.4) | 1427 (4.9) | 1692 (7.0) | 2034 (6.1) |
| Cancer | 5486 (5.1) | 6935 (5.2) | 808 (5.8) | 1001 (6.2) | 2554 (5.5) | 3116 (5.5) | 892 (3.7) | 1125 (3.9) | 1232 (5.1) | 1693 (5.1) |
| Stomach/duodenal ulcer | 5320 (4.9) | 6230 (4.6) | 466 (3.3) | 515 (3.2) | 1921 (4.1) | 2236 (4.0) | 1209 (5.0) | 1351 (4.7) | 1724 (7.2) | 2128 (6.4) |
| Arthritis | 18,491 (17.0) | 40,005 (29.6) | 2077 (14.9) | 4132 (25.7) | 8056 (17.3) | 16,126 (28.5) | 3806 (15.7) | 9896 (34.0) | 4552 (18.9) | 9851 (29.7) |
| Hypertension | 40,765 (37.6) | 53,369 (39.6) | 4935 (35.4) | 5539 (34.4) | 15,598 (33.6) | 19,329 (34.2) | 9326 (38.6) | 11,906 (40.9) | 10,906 (45.4) | 16,595 (50.1) |
| Cholesterol | 24,142 (22.2) | 31,566 (23.4) | 2751 (19.7) | 2992 (18.6) | 10,754 (23.2) | 12,448 (22.0) | 6118 (25.3) | 8056 (27.7) | 4519 (18.8) | 8070 (24.4) |
| Parkinson | 980 (0.9) | 964 (0.7) | 109 (0.8) | 83 (0.5) | 367 (0.8) | 389 (0.7) | 267 (1.1) | 247 (0.9) | 237 (1.0) | 245 (0.7) |
| Frailty Phenotype (0–5)e | ||||||||||
| 0 | 55,125 (50.6) | 55,686 (41.2) | 8208 (58.7) | 8090 (50.2) | 25,758 (55.2) | 25,766 (45.4) | 10,371 (42.8) | 9449 (32.4) | 10,788 (44.7) | 12,381 (37.2) |
| 1–2 | 37,668 (34.6) | 52,456 (38.8) | 4580 (32.8) | 5995 (37.2) | 15,190 (32.6) | 21,073 (37.1) | 9050 (37.4) | 11,537 (39.6) | 8848 (36.7) | 13,851 (41.7) |
| 3+ | 16,192 (14.9) | 27,131 (20.1) | 1191 (8.5) | 2035 (12.6) | 5716 (12.3) | 9897 (17.4) | 4809 (19.9) | 8182 (28.1) | 4476 (18.6) | 7017 (21.1) |
| Missing | 11,020 (10.1) | 17,315 (12.8) | 718 (5.1) | 1367 (8.5) | 3854 (8.3) | 6562 (11.6) | 3331 (13.8) | 5113 (17.5) | 3117 (12.9) | 4273 (12.9) |
| Specific itemse | ||||||||||
| Loss of appetite | 7204 (6.9) | 13,640 (10.4) | 714 (5.2) | 1249 (7.9) | 2986 (6.6) | 5477 (9.9) | 1820 (7.9) | 3666 (13.2) | 1684 (7.3) | 3248 (10.1) |
| Weakness | 12,708 (12.8) | 18,348 (15.3) | 1016 (7.6) | 1526 (10.2) | 4403 (10.2) | 6272 (12.3) | 4689 (22.2) | 5997 (24.5) | 2600 (12.2) | 4553 (15.4) |
| Fatigue | 31,838 (30.1) | 53,357 (40.3) | 4223 (30.6) | 5942 (37.2) | 12,610 (27.6) | 20,613 (37.0) | 6712 (28.8) | 11,953 (42.6) | 8293 (35.8) | 14,870 (45.7) |
| Slowness | 6067 (5.6) | 11,015 (8.2) | 531 (3.8) | 766 (4.8) | 2086 (4.5) | 3669 (6.5) | 1636 (6.8) | 3394 (11.7) | 1814 (7.6) | 3186 (9.6) |
| Low physical activity | 18,359 (16.9) | 27,108 (20.2) | 1315 (9.5) | 1704 (10.7) | 6704 (14.5) | 10,021 (17.8) | 5645 (23.4) | 8382 (28.8) | 4695 (19.6) | 7001 (21.2) |
a
Denmark and Sweden
b
Austria, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Belgium, Ireland and Luxembourg
c
Spain, Italy, Greece and Portugal
d
Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Slovenia, Estonia and Croatia
e
Missing observations excluded from percentage calculations