SNHS 1987 | SNHS 1993 | SNHS 95-97 | SNHS 2001 | SNHS 2003 | SNHS 2006 | ||
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N = 2,112 | N = 1,614 | N = 926 | N = 1,862 | N = 2,304 | N = 2,813 | ||
Age Mean (SE)+ | 72.2 (0.18) | 74.9 (0.28) | 73.3 (0.21) | 73.3 (0.16) | 73.8 (0.19) | 74.5 (0.16) | |
Age group+ | 65-79 | 85.3 | 84.7 | 84.6 | 84.4 | 80.5 | 77.3 |
≥ 80 | 14.7 | 15.3 | 15.4 | 15.6 | 19.5 | 22.7 | |
Marital status | Unmarried/widow/divorced | 20.8 | 22.7 | 20.2 | 19.4 | 19.0 | 20.0 |
Married or living with couple | 79.2 | 77.3 | 79.8 | 80.6 | 81.0 | 80.0 | |
Educational level* | No studies | 57.9 | 32.3 | 34.7 | 21.2 | 34.8 | 30.4 |
Primary education completed | 29.7 | 49.9 | 52.6 | 66.3 | 44.5 | 45.5 | |
Secondary education or more | 12.4 | 17.8 | 12.7 | 12.5 | 20.7 | 24.1 | |
Self rated health* | Very good/good | 45.0 | 48.4 | 44.5 | 47.6 | 44.9 | 48.5 |
Fair/poor/very poor | 55.0 | 51.6 | 55.5 | 52.4 | 55.1 | 51.5 | |
Nª of chronic conditions* | None | 44.5 | 47.4 | 40.9 | 35.6 | 33.0 | 21.6 |
1 | 32.3 | 34.2 | 33.9 | 33.7 | 33.5 | 32.3 | |
≥2 | 23.2 | 18.4 | 25.2 | 30.7 | 33.5 | 46.1 | |
Number of medications* | None | 37.7 | 36.4 | 26.3 | 22.1 | 15.0 | 12.3 |
1 | 35.0 | 37.7 | 37.0 | 34.1 | 30.6 | 22.8 | |
≥ 2 | 27.3 | 25.9 | 36.7 | 43.8 | 54.4 | 64.9 | |
BMI* | Normal | 45.1 | 37.8 | 40.3 | 30.9 | 27.7 | 28.0 |
Overweight | 44.5 | 48.1 | 45.1 | 51.8 | 53.1 | 51.0 | |
Obesity | 10.4 | 14.1 | 14.6 | 17.3 | 19.2 | 21.0 | |
Smoking habits* | Smoker | 33.8 | 27.9 | 24.2 | 19.3 | 16.8 | 15.4 |
Ex Smoker | 43.3 | 43.9 | 50.0 | 53.1 | 52.2 | 54.3 | |
Non Smoker | 22.9 | 28.2 | 25.8 | 27.6 | 31.0 | 30.3 | |
Sleep habits (hours/day) | < 8 | 59.5 | 57.3 | 56.8 | 52.3 | 61.0 | 58.0 |
≥ 8 | 40.5 | 42.7 | 43.2 | 47.7 | 39.0 | 42.0 |