Table 4.

Weighted distribution^a of EQ-5D items scores for females by age (n = 1555^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	263	88.1	243	93.2	210	81.3	195	77.3	172	80.2	108	65.2	48	45.3	1238	79.6
Slight problems	27	8.9	13	4.9	36	13.8	34	13.3	29	13.4	41	24.6	29	27.6	207	13.3
Moderate problems	9	2.9	4	1.4	11	4.2	15	5.8	5	2.4	10	6.2	15	14.0	68	4.4
Severe problems	0	0.1	1	0.5	2	0.7	8	3.2	9	4.1	5	3.2	12	11.1	37	2.4
Unable to do	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	0.4	0	0.0	1	0.8	2	2.0	5	0.3
Self-care
No problems	285	95.5	253	97.3	243	94.2	219	86.7	204	95.4	155	93.6	79	75.1	1439	92.5
Slight problems	11	3.7	6	2.2	9	3.3	20	7.9	5	2.4	6	3.8	15	13.9	72	4.6
Moderate problems	2	0.6	1	0.5	6	2.5	12	4.9	3	1.3	3	1.9	8	7.4	36	2.3
Severe problems	1	0.2	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	0.4	2	0.9	1	0.8	4	3.6	9	0.6
Unable to do	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Usual activities
No problems	223	74.6	231	88.7	173	67.0	178	70.5	163	76.0	125	75.0	51	48.6	1143	73.5
Slight problems	56	18.8	22	8.6	50	19.3	44	17.6	39	18.1	30	17.9	30	28.4	271	17.4
Moderate problems	10	3.3	5	1.9	23	9.0	16	6.5	6	2.7	3	1.8	14	13.6	78	5.0
Severe problems	9	3.0	1	0.4	10	3.9	14	5.4	7	3.2	7	4.1	6	5.7	53	3.4
Unable to do	1	0.4	1	0.5	2	0.7	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	1.2	4	3.6	10	0.6
Pain/discomfort
None	137	45.9	111	42.8	83	32.0	78	31.0	69	32.0	45	27.4	20	19.1	544	34.9
Slight	124	41.7	106	40.6	114	44.0	112	44.5	106	49.5	82	49.3	55	51.6	699	44.9
Moderate	25	8.4	39	14.9	41	15.9	29	11.6	23	10.7	26	15.8	22	20.7	205	13.2
Severe	10	3.4	3	1.2	19	7.3	28	11.1	13	5.9	12	6.9	8	7.4	92	5.9
Extreme	2	0.8	1	0.5	2	0.8	4	1.7	4	1.8	1	0.6	1	1.2	16	1.0
Anxiety/Depression
None	158	52.9	162	62.4	159	61.6	157	62.2	154	71.9	118	70.8	65	61.4	973	62.5
Slight	83	27.8	74	28.5	74	28.5	62	24.6	41	18.9	41	24.4	31	29.1	405	26.0
Moderate	38	12.6	22	8.5	17	6.7	22	8.7	17	7.9	7	4.0	7	7.1	130	8.4
Severe	18	6.0	2	0.6	8	3.1	11	4.5	3	1.4	1	0.8	3	2.4	45	2.9
Extreme	2	0.7	0	0.0	0	0.2	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	3	0.2

^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 1555 due to rounding errors