Table 4.
Prevalence of Measures of Wellbeing for Adults by Sex and t-test of Association in the WHO-SAGE (2007–2010)
| Male | Female | p | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feeling depressed? | |||
| None | 6,269 (56.08) | 7,841 (49.54) | <0.0001 |
| Mild–mod | 4,411 (39.46) | 6,830 (43.15) | |
| Severe–extreme | 498 (4.46) | 1,156 (7.30) | |
| Feeling anxiety? | |||
| None | 5,577 (49.97) | 6,702 (42.43) | <0.0001 |
| Mild–mod | 4,770 (42.74) | 7,412 (46.93) | |
| Severe–extreme | 814 (7.29) | 1,680 (10.64) | |
| Self-rated health | |||
| Good | 4,633 (41.3) | 5,431 (32.21) | <0.0001 |
| Moderate | 4,885 (43.54) | 7,581 (47.75) | |
| Bad | 1,701 (15.16) | 2,864 (18.04) | |
| Self-rated awareness of difficultiesa | |||
| None | 3,764 (33.60) | 4,641 (29.29) | <0.0001 |
| Mild | 2,652 (23.67) | 3,822 (24.11) | |
| Moderate | 3,436 (30.67) | 5,162 (32.57) | |
| Severe–extreme | 1,350 (12.05) | 2,225 (14.04) | |
| Diagnosed depression | |||
| No | 10,778 (96.77) | 15,053 (95.34) | <0.0001 |
| Yes | 360 (3.23) | 735 (4.66) | |
a
Difficulties were defined as requiring increased effort, discomfort or pain, slowness, or changes in the way you do activities.