Table 2.
Summary sample characteristics in 18 countries.
| Age mean |
Sex % male |
Education % with low educational level* |
EQVAS (mean value) |
Mobility∧% of any problems |
Self-care∧ % of any problems |
Usual activities∧% of any problems |
Pain/discomfort∧ % of any problems |
Anxiety/depression∧% of any problems | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 48.2 | 49.3 | 32.5 | 77.6 | 12.6 | 4.0 | 12.4 | 28.5 | 6.6 |
| China | 46.8 | 48.3 | 43.5 | 80.4 | 5.1 | 2.8 | 5.2 | 10.7 | 8.7 |
| Denmark | 46.5 | 46.9 | 48.6 | 83.7 | 10.7 | 2.5 | 17.9 | 36.7 | 16.1 |
| England | 35.9 | 46.4 | 31.0 | NA | 19.4 | 5.6 | 17.0 | 35.3 | 19.3 |
| Finland | 54.2 | 45.3 | 42.1 | NA | 26.3 | 8.6 | 21.0 | 47.8 | 13.9 |
| France | 46.8 | 45.9 | 65.0 | 76.8 | 13.4 | 4.0 | 10.0 | 35.9 | 15.0 |
| Germany | 48.1 | 46.7 | 3.3 | 77.3 | 15.9 | 2.7 | 9.9 | 27.6 | 4.3 |
| Greece | 42.2 | 54.1 | 44.3 | 79.0 | 13.3 | 5.7 | 10.5 | 16.8 | 10.7 |
| Hungary | 46.6 | 44.8 | 33.4 | 71.1 | 19.6 | 6.5 | 14.8 | 39.2 | 35.2 |
| Italy | 46.8 | 49.2 | 59.6 | 77.1 | 10.4 | 3.3 | 9.4 | 26.6 | 8.7 |
| Korea | 42.7 | 49.0 | 19.8 | 79.5 | 5.9 | 0.8 | 4.1 | 21.3 | 17.4 |
| Netherlands | 48.4 | 43.5 | 36.1 | 82.0 | 11.5 | 3.4 | 13.5 | 34.2 | 3.5 |
| New Zealand | 49.9 | 43.3 | 27.9 | 80.8 | 20.0 | 4.4 | 21.5 | 40.8 | 21.2 |
| Slovenia | 44.2 | 43.7 | 14.2 | 76.4 | 29.8 | 14.0 | 32.9 | 47.2 | 36.4 |
| Spain | 48.6 | 44.2 | 60.1 | 75.0 | 13.7 | 4.1 | 11.7 | 22.9 | 7.8 |
| Sweden | 45.7 | 49.4 | 28.8 | 83.3 | 8.6 | 1.5 | 7.9 | 40.8 | 26.0 |
| Thailand | 44.6 | 45.7 | NA | 79.4 | 26.3 | 8.7 | 22.7 | 65.0 | 47.4 |
| United Kingdom | 47.9 | 43.3 | 39.8 | 82.8 | 18.4 | 4.3 | 16.3 | 33.0 | 21.0 |
| United States | 45.6 | 45.8 | 25.8 | 80.0 | 18.5 | 3.7 | 17.9 | 48.3 | 23.2 |
*
Low educational level (as opposed to medium or high education level). ∧Any problems = some or severe problems. These results reflect the raw total population scores and cannot be compared directly across countries as they reflect the unique age structure within each country. This is in line with the states objective of the analysis not to rank countries based on inequality results.