Table 2.
Demographic characteristics of the study population (50+yearold), SHARE waves 1 (2004–05) and 6 (2015)
| Total study population |
Northern Europe |
Central Europe |
Southern Europe |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004–05 (n = 21 698) |
2015 (n = 38 859) |
2004–05 (n = 4282) |
2015 (n = 7145) |
2004–05 (n = 10 835) |
2015 (n = 18 391) |
2004–05 (n = 6581) |
2015 (n = 13 323) |
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| Gender (n (%)) | ||||||||
| Men | 10 074 (46.4) | 17 815 (45.9) | 2031 (47.4) | 3336 (46.7) | 5042 (46.5) | 8332 (45.3) | 3001 (45.6) | 6147 (46.1) |
| Women | 11 624 (53.6) | 21 044 (54.1) | 2251 (52.6) | 3809 (53.3) | 5793 (53.5) | 10 059 (54.7) | 3580 (54.4) | 7176 (53.9) |
| Age interval (n (%)) | ||||||||
| 50–54 | 4057 (18.7) | 3896 (10.0) | 775 (18.1) | 677 (9.5) | 2093 (19.3) | 1920 (10.4) | 1189 (18.1) | 1299 (9.8) |
| 55–59 | 4102 (18.9) | 6090 (15.7) | 870 (20.3) | 976 (13.7) | 2014 (18.6) | 3035 (16.5) | 1218 (18.5) | 2079 (15.6) |
| 60–64 | 3716 (17.1) | 7046 (18.1) | 750 (17.5) | 1224 (17.1) | 1818 (16.8) | 3360 (18.3) | 1148 (17.4) | 2462 (18.5) |
| 65–69 | 3345 (15.4) | 7029 (18.1) | 609 (14.2) | 1434 (20.1) | 1705 (15.7) | 3224 (17.5) | 1031 (15.7) | 2371 (17.8) |
| 70–74 | 2726 (12.6) | 5585 (14.4) | 494 (11.5) | 1148 (16.1) | 1329 (12.3) | 2535 (13.8) | 903 (13.7) | 1902 (14.3) |
| 75–79 | 2000 (9.2) | 4430 (11.4) | 411 (9.6) | 809 (11.3) | 1014 (9.4) | 2051 (11.2) | 575 (8.7) | 1570 (11.8) |
| 80–84 | 1183 (5.5) | 2846 (7.3) | 221 (5.2) | 500 (7.0) | 619 (5.7) | 1294 (7.0) | 343 (5.2) | 1052 (7.9) |
| 85+ | 569 (2.6) | 1937 (5.0) | 152 (3.6) | 377 (5.3) | 243 (2.2) | 972 (5.3) | 174 (2.6) | 588 (4.4) |
| Age in years (mean (SD)) | ||||||||
| 64.3 (9.8) | 67.0 (9.8) | 64.4 (10.0) | 67.5 (9.7) | 64.2 (9.7) | 66.8 (9.9) | 64.4 (9.7) | 67.0 (9.7) | |
| Frailty status (n (%)) | ||||||||
| 50+-year-old | ||||||||
| Non-Frail | 16 875 (77.8) | 29 521 (76.0) | 3617 (84.5) | 6049 (84.7) | 8689 (80.2) | 14 352 (78.0) | 4625 (69.3) | 9120 (68.5) |
| Pre-Frail | 3291 (15.2) | 6251 (16.1) | 482 (11.3) | 759 (10.6) | 1469 (13.6) | 2731 (14.9) | 1363 (20.4) | 2761 (20.7) |
| Frail | 1532 (7.1) | 3087 (7.9) | 183 (4.3) | 337 (4.7) | 677 (6.3) | 1308 (7.1) | 684 (10.3) | 1442 (10.8) |
| 70+-year-old | ||||||||
| Non-Frail | 3905 (60.3) | 9247 (62.5) | 897 (70.2) | 2129 (75.1) | 2039 (63.6) | 4417 (64.5) | 969 (48.6) | 2701 (52.8) |
| Pre-Frail | 1564 (24.1) | 3329 (22.5) | 256 (20.0) | 441 (15.6) | 710 (22.2) | 1487 (21.7) | 598 (30.0) | 1401 (27.4) |
| Frail | 1009 (15.6) | 2222 (15.0) | 125 (9.8) | 264 (9.3) | 456 (14.2) | 948 (13.8) | 428 (21.4) | 1010 (19.8) |