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Table 1 Characteristics of the total population by age group, Mexico 2006

From: Health care utilization in the elderly Mexican population: Expenditures and determinants

Characteristics

Age Groups (years)

 

Under 10

10 to 19

20 to 59

60+

Total

N

42,149

47,875

97,297

19,379

206,700

Estimated population

20,216,780

22,874,888

49,786,891

10,135,426

103,013,985

Percentage of the total

19.6

22.2

48.3

9.8

100.0

Gender

     

Men

50.9

50.5

46.1

45.9

48.0

Women

49.2

49.5

53.9

54.1

52.0

With health insurance

43.2

43.6

48.0

59.2

47.2

Where there is at least one... the household size is...

   

Household size

5.8

5.8

5.1

3.9

5.3

Health status

     

Very good and Good

80.4

80.5

66.9

44.4

70.4

Regular

18.2

18.2

29.3

42.1

25.9

Very bad and Bad

1.4

1.3

3.8

13.5

3.8