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Table 1 Number of respondents and the proportion with each impairment by age, sex and centre.

From: Regional differences in multidimensional aspects of health: findings from the MRC cognitive function and ageing study

	Cambridge					Gwynedd					Newcastle
	N^†	LE^{^}	S^#%	C^‡%	F* %	N^†	LE^{^}	S^#%	C^‡%	F* %	N^†	LE^{^}	S^#%	C^‡%	F* %
Men
65–69	356	14.4	23	1	3	252	13.4	32	1	3	281	11.5	33	1	4
70–74	255	11.1	29	1	4	302	10.7	25	3	6	261	8.8	33	2	5
75–79	253	8.2	27	4	6	260	7.8	39	6	11	208	7.1	38	2	7
80–84	164	5.8	34	4	13	160	5.5	33	5	14	119	5.4	44	5	8
85+	79	3.9	22	17	26	86	3.4	33	10	33	61	3.7	43	20	13
Total	1107		27	3	7	1060		32	4	9	930		36	3	6
Women
65–69	362	17.8	24	1	3	326	17.8	26	1	3	349	15.2	31	1	6
70–74	310	14.1	27	1	6	368	14.0	33	2	6	355	11.9	36	1	4
75–79	335	10.7	28	3	10	350	10.7	39	4	10	362	9.0	38	3	12
80–84	246	7.2	33	10	23	301	7.4	44	11	26	320	6.4	42	16	20
85+	241	4.8	34	22	43	223	4.8	41	34	49	208	4.2	35	26	33
Total	1494		29	6	14	1568		36	8	15	1594		36	8	13
	Nottingham					Oxford					Total
	N ^†	LE ^{^}	S ^# %	C ^‡ %	*F %**	N ^†	LE ^{^}	S ^# %	C ^‡ %	*F %**	N ^†	LE ^{^}	S ^# %	C ^‡ %	*F %**
Men
65–69	278	13.6	32	1	3	277	14.4	25	1	3	1444	13.2	29	1	3
70–74	264	10.8	33	1	5	304	11.0	26	4	2	1386	10.3	29	2	4
75–79	236	8.2	38	5	13	203	8.4	27	4	5	1160	7.8	34	4	8
80–84	165	6.3	33	6	17	170	5.8	21	5	8	778	5.7	32	5	12
85+	66	4.6	43	25	36	100	3.8	24	9	24	392	3.9	31	15	26
Total	1009		34	4	10	1054		25	4	5	5160		31	4	8
Women
65–69	356	17.0	34	2	7	350	18.2	22	1	5	1743	16.8	28	1	5
70–74	333	13.3	29	3	5	397	14.6	29	1	6	1763	13.2	31	2	5
75–79	332	10.1	39	4	15	369	11.1	33	3	11	1748	10.0	35	3	11
80–84	294	7.2	37	11	25	316	7.9	35	10	23	1477	7.1	38	11	24
85+	192	4.8	34	24	51	254	5.3	36	23	39	1118	4.7	36	26	43
Total	1507		35	7	17	1686		31	6	14	7846		33	7	15

^†Total Number, ^{^}Life expectancy ^#Fair/Poorself-perceived health, ^‡Cognitive impairment, *Functional impairment.

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