Table 1 Characteristics of individuals in the Danish Health and Morbidity survey, 2013
From: Health profile for Danish adults with activity limitation: a cross-sectional study
Activity limitation | ||||||||
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No | Some | Profound | Total | |||||
Percentagea | No. | Percentagea | No. | Percentagea | No. | Percentagea | No. | |
Sex | ||||||||
Men | 51.6 | 4072 | 45.3 | 1758 | 49.5 | 417 | 49.6 | 6247 |
Women | 48.4 | 4585 | 54.7 | 2422 | 50.5 | 471 | 50.4 | 7478 |
Age (years) | ||||||||
16–44 | 51.3 | 3613 | 36.7 | 1202 | 30.3 | 212 | 45.4 | 5027 |
45–64 | 31.7 | 3184 | 35.4 | 1618 | 38.5 | 347 | 33.3 | 5149 |
65–74 | 11.7 | 1373 | 14.7 | 784 | 14.2 | 170 | 12.8 | 2327 |
≥ 75 | 5.2 | 487 | 13.2 | 576 | 16.9 | 159 | 8.4 | 1222 |
Education | ||||||||
Attending educational institution | 12.9 | 894 | 8.2 | 267 | 4.5 | 31 | 10.9 | 1192 |
Basic school | 6.2 | 548 | 11.5 | 459 | 17.6 | 137 | 8.5 | 1144 |
Upper secondary or vocational education | 35.1 | 3019 | 39.1 | 1563 | 41.0 | 339 | 36.7 | 4921 |
Short further education | 7.5 | 633 | 7.7 | 301 | 6.2 | 51 | 7.5 | 985 |
Bachelor degree | 20.7 | 1838 | 18.2 | 772 | 16.9 | 141 | 19.7 | 2751 |
Master degree | 13.7 | 1072 | 9.0 | 342 | 5.8 | 48 | 11.8 | 1462 |
Other | 3.9 | 311 | 6.3 | 218 | 8.0 | 56 | 4.9 | 585 |
Occupation | ||||||||
Employed | 57.4 | 4868 | 40.9 | 1713 | 23.7 | 225 | 50.0 | 6806 |
Unemployed | 4.5 | 320 | 4.3 | 150 | 5.7 | 41 | 4.6 | 511 |
Student | 15.9 | 1109 | 9.5 | 317 | 5.8 | 41 | 13.3 | 1467 |
Disability pensioner | 0.8 | 48 | 8.3 | 267 | 17.5 | 130 | 4.2 | 445 |
Early retirement pensioner | 3.0 | 311 | 3.5 | 185 | 1.3 | 15 | 3.0 | 511 |
Pensioner | 17.0 | 1860 | 28.0 | 1360 | 31.2 | 329 | 21.4 | 3549 |
Others out of job | 1.4 | 89 | 5.4 | 167 | 14.8 | 104 | 3.5 | 360 |
Cohabitation | ||||||||
Cohabitant | 62.0 | 5874 | 57.6 | 2716 | 52.2 | 532 | 60.0 | 9122 |
Single | 38.0 | 2.783 | 42.4 | 1464 | 47.8 | 356 | 40.0 | 4603 |
Diseases | ||||||||
Asthma | 5.0 | 416 | 9.2 | 370 | 12.7 | 103 | 6.8 | 889 |
Allergy | 19.6 | 1609 | 20.8 | 844 | 20.7 | 166 | 20.0 | 2619 |
Diabetes | 3.0 | 296 | 7.5 | 302 | 11.0 | 100 | 4.9 | 698 |
Hypertension | 12.6 | 1300 | 22.8 | 1016 | 27.5 | 252 | 16.7 | 2568 |
Myocardial infarct | 0.2 | 21 | 1.6 | 70 | 3.7 | 32 | 0.8 | 132 |
Angina pectoris | 0.3 | 30 | 2.5 | 102 | 4.3 | 34 | 1.2 | 166 |
Apoplexia | 0.4 | 38 | 2.4 | 100 | 6.1 | 57 | 1.4 | 195 |
Chronic bronchitis, emphysema | 1.3 | 121 | 7.1 | 299 | 12.1 | 110 | 3.8 | 530 |
Arthrosis | 9.7 | 980 | 29.2 | 1319 | 37.5 | 333 | 17.5 | 2632 |
Rheumatoid arthritis | 1.8 | 170 | 8.7 | 359 | 12.9 | 105 | 4.6 | 634 |
Osteoporosis | 1.1 | 126 | 5.1 | 229 | 9.6 | 81 | 2.9 | 436 |
Cancer | 1.0 | 102 | 4.2 | 203 | 5.9 | 65 | 2.3 | 370 |
Migraine, frequent headache | 9.6 | 824 | 19.7 | 756 | 23.7 | 189 | 13.6 | 1769 |
Herniated disc | 5.1 | 452 | 20.4 | 838 | 31.5 | 264 | 11.6 | 1554 |
Cataract | 2.2 | 215 | 5.4 | 238 | 6.8 | 65 | 3.5 | 518 |
Tinnitus | 9.6 | 872 | 15.4 | 657 | 15.9 | 142 | 11.8 | 1671 |
At least one disease | 14.5 | 745 | 21.5 | 3292 | 52.5 | 4699 | 37.4 | 4722 |