Table 3.

Weighted distribution^a of EQ-5D items scores by age (n = 3120^b)

EQ-5D-5L item	Age group, years														All
	18–29		30–39		40–49		50–59		60–69		70–79		>  = 80
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Mobility
No problems	553	89.8	495	92.9	432	81.5	418	80.8	349	81.2	225	69.9	86	49.7	2558	82.0
Slight problems	39	6.4	26	4.9	68	12.9	63	12.3	53	12.3	65	20.3	44	25.3	359	11.5
Moderate problems	10	1.6	11	2.0	23	4.3	25	4.9	12	2.9	18	5.6	21	12.0	120	3.8
Severe problems	13	2.0	1	0.2	7	1.3	9	1.8	15	3.6	12	3.6	17	9.6	74	2.4
Unable to do	1	0.1	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	0.2	0	0.0	2	0.7	6	3.4	10	0.3
Self-care
No problems	593	96.4	509	95.5	498	93.9	466	90.2	402	93.7	290	90.2	135	77.4	2893	92.7
Slight problems	14	2.2	16	2.9	12	2.2	36	6.9	20	4.7	22	6.8	23	13.1	142	4.5
Moderate problems	8	1.3	8	1.6	15	2.9	14	2.7	3	0.8	7	2.1	9	5.0	64	2.1
Severe problems	1	0.1	0	0.0	5	1.0	1	0.2	3	0.8	3	0.8	6	3.3	19	0.6
Unable to do	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.1	0	0.0	2	1.1	2	0.1
Usual activities
No problems	470	76.4	454	85.2	378	71.3	372	72.1	345	80.3	250	77.8	94	54.2	2364	75.8
Slight problems	94	15.4	60	11.2	90	17.0	101	19.6	59	13.8	47	14.6	44	25.2	496	15.9
Moderate problems	27	4.3	15	2.7	46	8.7	27	5.2	15	3.4	9	2.7	19	11.2	157	5.0
Severe problems	17	2.8	3	0.5	13	2.4	16	3.1	11	2.5	13	4.1	8	4.8	81	2.6
Unable to do	7	1.2	1	0.2	4	0.7	0	0.0	0	0.0	3	0.8	8	4.6	23	0.7
Pain/discomfort
None	302	49.0	243	45.6	166	31.3	181	34.9	150	35.0	97	30.3	44	25.0	1183	37.9
Slight	250	40.7	225	42.2	256	48.2	219	42.4	203	47.4	162	50.5	89	51.2	1404	45.0
Moderate	39	6.4	50	9.3	67	12.7	75	14.5	45	10.4	39	12.2	31	17.6	345	11.1
Severe	11	1.8	14	2.7	34	6.3	37	7.2	26	6.0	19	6.0	9	5.1	150	4.8
Extreme	13	2.1	1	0.2	7	1.4	5	1.0	5	1.2	4	1.1	2	1.1	37	1.2
Anxiety/Depression
None	349	56.8	326	61.2	334	62.9	334	64.6	317	73.9	240	74.6	116	66.9	2016	64.6
Slight	143	23.3	134	25.1	121	22.7	130	25.1	78	18.2	66	20.6	45	25.8	716	23.0
Moderate	83	13.5	45	8.5	51	9.5	40	7.7	27	6.4	12	3.8	10	5.5	268	8.6
Severe	36	5.8	19	3.6	18	3.4	13	2.6	7	1.6	3	0.8	3	1.8	99	3.2
Extreme	4	0.6	9	1.6	7	1.4	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	0.2	0	0.0	21	0.7

^aUsing general population data from Statistics Norway (www.ssb.no/befolkning), 1 October, 2019. Frequency weights for age, sex, and education level

^bSome columns do not sum to 3120 due to rounding errors