Table 1 Self-reported health among men and women and female excess fraction, by age and country grouping: domain-based poor-health score, poor self-rated health and limitations in daily activities, WHS 2002–2004
From: A global assessment of the gender gap in self-reported health with survey data from 59 countries
Poor health score | Poor self-rated health | Limitations in daily activities | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Women (%) | Men (%) | Excess (%)a | Women (%) | Men (%) | Excess (%)a | Women (%) | Men (%) | Excess (%)a | |
Age (years) | |||||||||
18–29 | 22.0 | 18.5 | 16 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 26 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 19 |
30–39 | 24.6 | 20.4 | 17 | 7.1 | 5.0 | 30 | 6.2 | 4.8 | 23 |
40–49 | 27.9 | 23.5 | 16 | 10.7 | 6.8 | 36 | 9.6 | 6.1 | 37 |
50–59 | 31.6 | 26.7 | 15 | 15.9 | 10.9 | 31 | 12.3 | 9.3 | 24 |
60–69 | 34.6 | 30.4 | 12 | 21.1 | 17.0 | 19 | 18.4 | 14.3 | 22 |
70–79 | 38.6 | 34.9 | 9 | 30.6 | 22.8 | 26 | 30.1 | 21.5 | 28 |
80+ | 42.2 | 38.6 | 9 | 34.2 | 26.9 | 21 | 43.0 | 35.1 | 18 |
Region | |||||||||
Sub-Saharan Africa | 28.8 | 24.9 | 14 | 13.8 | 10.1 | 27 | 11.3 | 9.5 | 16 |
Latin America | 27.8 | 22.7 | 18 | 7.9 | 5.1 | 35 | 7.0 | 5.0 | 29 |
Europe, high-income | 24.6 | 21.6 | 12 | 8.5 | 6.7 | 21 | - | - | - |
Eastern Europe | 27.4 | 23.3 | 15 | 13.8 | 11.1 | 20 | 9.9 | 7.3 | 26 |
South Asia | 27.2 | 22.9 | 16 | 10.1 | 6.6 | 35 | 9.8 | 6.7 | 32 |
Other | 29.4 | 24.5 | .17 | 12.4 | 8.0 | 35 | 13.4 | 8.1 | 40 |
Total | 27.6 | 23.5 | 15 | 11.5 | 8.3 | 28 | 10.3 | 7.7 | 26 |