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Table 4 Physical health condition of the respondents

From: Determinants of self-rated health among shanghai elders: a cross-sectional study

SRH

Good

Fair

Poor

Total

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

Physical health

 ADL

Complete

887

45.3

844

43.1

229

11.7

1960

98.1

Partial

1

3.0

10

30.3

22

66.7

33

1.7

No ability

0

0.0

0

0.0

4

100.0

4

0.2

 physical health changes**

Better

49

49.5

39

39.4

11

11.1

99

5.0

Unchanged

686

53.8

529

41.5

61

4.8

1276

64.0

Worse

146

25.1

259

44.6

176

30.3

581

29.2

variable

7

18.9

25

67.6

5

13.5

37

1.9

 hearing**

deaf

29

29.0

51

51.0

20

20.0

100

5.0

some

140

36.6

170

44.4

73

19.1

383

19.2

able

719

47.6

632

41.9

158

10.5

1509

75.8

 speaking**

yes

52

40.3

46

35.7

31

24.0

129

6.5

no

834

44.8

807

43.3

222

11.9

1863

93.5

vision**

sighted

701

49.4

588

41.4

131

9.2

1420

71.5

some vision

143

32.1

207

46.5

95

21.3

445

22.4

blind

38

31.4

56

46.3

27

22.3

121

6.1

Chronic disease

 with chronic disease**

Yes

587

38.1

711

46.1

243

15.8

1541

77.2

 hypertension**

Yes

402

39.4

468

45.9

150

14.7

1020

51.1

 heart disease**

Yes

117

26.9

204

46.9

114

26.2

435

21.8

 diabetes**

Yes

89

30.7

141

48.6

60

20.7

290

14.5

 cataract**

Yes

50

28.9

93

53.8

30

17.3

173

8.7

 cerebrovascular disease**

Yes

33

22.1

65

43.6

51

34.2

149

7.5

 bronchitis**

yes

34

28.3

63

52.5

23

19.2

120

6.0

 gastroenteritis**

yes

29

25.7

55

48.7

29

25.7

113

5.7

 intervertebral disc disease**

yes

36

32.1

46

41.1

30

26.8

112

5.6

 cardiovascular disease*

yes

23

40.4

26

45.6

8

14.0

57

2.9

 asthma

yes

19

36.5

19

36.5

14

26.9

52

2.6

 number of chronic diseases/person

0

301

66.0

143

31.4

12

2.6

456

22.8

1

336

49.9

284

42.1

54

8.0

674

33.8

2

151

34.8

221

50.9

62

14.3

434

21.7

3 or more

100

23.1

206

47.6

127

29.3

433

21.7

  1. **means p < 0.05
  2. *means p < 0.1