Table 1 Frequencies Statistic for WOMEN: Spanish National Health Surveys (SNHS) 1987, 1993, 1995-7, 2001, 2003 and 2006.

Age Mean (SE)⁺

72.3 (0.15)

74.3 (0.23)

72.6 (0.17)

73.0 (0.14)

74.7 (0.16)

74.8 (0.14)

Age group⁺

65-79

85.5

84.5

84.9

83.6

76.2

75.5

≥ 80

14.5

15.5

15.1

16.4

23.8

24.5

Marital status*

Unmarried/widow/divorced

54.0

47.9

49.8

47.5

50.9

49.4

Married or living with couple

46.0

52.1

50.2

52.5

49.1

50.6

Educational level*

No studies

72.9

49.7

38.9

26.5

42.0

42.0

Primary education completed

21.7

42.7

55.2

67.2

46.3

45.2

Secondary education or more

5.4

7.6

5.9

6.3

11.7

12.8

Self rated health

Very good/good

34.6

39.4

37.0

36.5

33.0

33.1

Fair/poor/very poor

65.4

60.6

63.0

63.5

67.0

66.9

Nª of chronic conditions*

None

40.8

41.3

37.6

32.9

26.8

19.0

1

31.8

33.0

32.3

33.2

33.2

32.7

≥2

27.4

25.7

30.1

33.9

40.0

48.3

Number of medications*

None

26.7

26.1

19.0

15.4

9.1

6.5

1

34.5

33.6

33.1

31.2

21.4

14.7

≥ 2

38.8

40.3

47.9

53.4

69.5

78.8

BMI*

Normal

41.6

39.1

49.7

31.2

35.2

31.5

Overweight

41.9

43.4

31.4

41.8

42.3

42.4

Obesity

16.5

17.5

18.9

27.0

22.5

26.1

Smoking habits*

Smoker

1.9

3.9

1.7

2.2

1.7

3.1

Ex Smoker

2.7

2.5

2.4

2.9

2.9

4.5

Non Smoker

95.4

93.6

95.9

94.9

95.4

92.4

Sleep habits (hours day)

< 8

45.8

48.2

41.9

42.8

44.8

46.8

≥ 8

54.2

51.8

58.1

57.2

55.2

53.2