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Table 2 Self-perceived overall physical and emotional wellbeing, illness, and morbidity in the respondents aged 18 years or older in China

From: Male and Female Adult Population Health Status in China: A Cross-Sectional National Survey

 

Total

N (% of 139831)

Male

N (% of 69748)

Female

N (% of 70083)

Physical and emotional wellbeing

   

   Excellent

49088 (35.1)

25816 (37.0)

23272 (33.2)

   Good

50996 (36.5)

26156 (37.5)

24840 (35.5)

   Fair

32055 (22.9)

14447 (20.7)

17608 (25.1)

   Poor

6724 (4.8)

2873 (4.1)

3851 (5.5)

   Very poor

968 (0.7)

456 (0.7)

512 (0.7)

Combination of poor and very poor*

7692 (5.5)

3329 (4.8)

4363 (6.2)

Morbidity

   

Presence of illness in the last 2 weeks before the survey*

22050 (15.8)

9865 (14.1)

12185 (17.4)

Presence of physician diagnosed chronic disease in the last 6 months before the survey*

22808 (16.3)

10432 (15.0)

12376 (17.7)

   Infectious and parasitic disease

485 (0.4)

303 (0.4)

182 (0.3)

   Cancer

231 (0.2)

122 (0.2)

109 (0.2)

   Diabetes

1062 (0.8)

472 (0.7)

590 (0.8)

   Heart disease*

2644 (1.9)

997 (1.4)

1647 (2.4)

   Stroke

1257 (0.9)

693 (1.0)

564 (0.8)

   Chronic pulmonary disease*

1911 (1.4)

1153 (1.7)

758 (1.1)

   Hypertension*

4989 (3.6)

2203 (3.2)

2786 (4.0)

   Peptic ulcer

707 (0.5)

446 (0.6)

261 (0.4)

   Chronic liver disease

192 (0.1)

123 (0.2)

69 (0.1)

   Chronic renal disease

258 (0.2)

83 (0.1)

175 (0.3)

   Rheumatologic arthritis*

1598 (1.1)

534 (0.8)

1064 (1.5)

  1. * Note: P value < 0.001 for males versus females after adjustment for age, marital status, education, urban/rural residence and geographic region.