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. 2022 Mar 30;7(1):6–25. doi: 10.25646/9570

Annex Table 1.

Limitations in five basic activities of daily living by gender and age (percentage and confidence interval, weighted analyses)

Source: GEDA 2019/2020-EHIS

Women Men Total
Age group (years) Age group (years) Age group (years)
55–64 65–79 ≥80 Total 55–64 65–79 ≥80 Total 55–64 65–79 ≥80 Total
n 2,756 3,303 1,027 7,086 2,365 2,734 772 5,871 5,121 6,037 1,799 12,957
Proportion (%)
Feeding yourself 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.4
   (95% Cl) (0.1–1.6) (0.1–0.8) (0.0–0.3) (0.1–0.7) (0.1–1.8) (0.1–0.9) (0.1–0.6) (0.1–0.8) (0.3–1.5) (0.1–0.6) (0.1–0.3) (0.2–0.7)
Getting in and out of a bed or chair 1.3 1.8 4.6 2.2 0.6 1.2 4.4 1.4 1.2 1.6 4.5 1.9
   (95% Cl) (0.7–2.4) (1.2–2.7) (2.9–7.2) (1.7–2.9) (0.3–1.2) (0.7–2.1) (2.1–8.8) (1.0–2.2) (0.7–1.9) (1.1–2.1) (3.0–6.6) (1.5–2.4)
Dressing and undressing 1.6 1.5 3.1 1.9 0.7 1.8 3.4 1.6 1.4 1.6 3.2 1.8
   (95% Cl) (0.9–2.8) (0.9–2.3) (1.8–5.2) (1.4–2.5) (0.3–1.7) (1.1–3.0) (1.6–7.1) (1.1–2.3) (0.8–2.2) (1.2–2.3) (2.1–4.9) (1.4–2.3)
Using Toilets 0.8 0.8 1,0 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8
   (95% Cl) (0.3–1.8) (0.5–1.3) (0.4–2.2) (0.5–1.2) (0.2–1.6) (0.4–1.5) (0.2–1.6) (0.4–1.1) (0.5–1.7) (0.5–1.2) (0.4–1.5) (0.6–1.2)
Bathing or showering 2.1 3.4 11.1 4.5 1.1 2.8 7.1 2.7 1.8 3.2 9.5 3.8
   (95% Cl) (1.3–3.2) (2.4–4.8) (8.3–14.7) (3.7–5.5) (0.5–2.3) (1.9–3.9) (4.5–11.0) (2.0–3.5) (1.2–2.7) (2.5–4.0) (7.5–12.1) (3.2–4.4)

CI=confidence interval