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Table 2 Health literacy* scores and levels stratified by age groups

From: Health literacy among different age groups in Germany: results of a cross-sectional survey

 

15–29

30–45

46–64

65–99

%

(n)

%

(n)

%

(n)

%

(n)

Limited

Inadequate

6.8

(25)

7.0

(34)

9.4

(58)

15.2

(70)

Problematic

40.5

(152)

40.2

(197)

45.8

(283)

51.1

(236)

Not limited

Sufficient

42.5

(159)

44.3

(217)

37.1

(229)

30.7

(142)

Excellent

10.3

(39)

8.5

(42)

7.8

(48)

3.0

(14)

Mean**

(SD)

33.8

(6.3)

34.0

(6.0)

32.8

(6.1)

30.7

(6.0)

  1. *measured as perceived difficulty to perform health information tasks
  2. **p-value from one-way ANOVA: p <0.001