Table 2 Prevalence of health outcomes according to age and educational level in women
| Â | Age groups | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Health-related behaviors and statuses | Educational level | 25–29 | 30–34 | 35–39 | 40–44 | 45–49 | 50–54 | 55–59 | 60–64 | 65–69 | 70–74 | 75–79 | 80–84 | over 84 |
 Prevalence of psychological distressa | Total | 34.8 | 37.7 | 36.0 | 34.1 | 33.5 | 34.9 | 34.8 | 32.8 | 27.6 | 23.9 | 23.7 | 26.1 | 32.3 |
Low | 37.2 | 43.5 | 47.3 | 50.5 | 45.1 | 51.3 | 39.8 | 36.5 | 31.2 | 26.2 | 27.4 | 30.3 | 34.3 | |
Middle | 34.5 | 37.4 | 37.8 | 35.8 | 35.0 | 36.1 | 36.1 | 33.8 | 28.1 | 24.2 | 23.3 | 24.6 | 31.2 | |
High | 35.1 | 37.5 | 33.5 | 31.2 | 31.5 | 32.3 | 32.4 | 31.0 | 26.2 | 21.7 | 20.5 | 20.7 | 28.0 | |
 Prevalence of poor self-rated health | Total | 7.0 | 9.0 | 10.6 | 9.9 | 10.9 | 12.6 | 12.8 | 12.8 | 12.5 | 13.6 | 16.9 | 23.0 | 30.5 |
Low | 13.0 | 11.1 | 18.1 | 20.2 | 18.1 | 27.5 | 23.5 | 22.2 | 17.2 | 18.1 | 21.1 | 25.6 | 30.6 | |
Middle | 7.1 | 9.8 | 10.1 | 10.8 | 12.1 | 13.3 | 13.7 | 13.5 | 13.6 | 13.9 | 16.5 | 22.0 | 31.1 | |
High | 6.3 | 8.1 | 10.4 | 8.3 | 9.3 | 10.6 | 10.5 | 10.9 | 9.7 | 9.9 | 12.8 | 19.8 | 26.2 | |
 Smoking prevalence | Total | 9.5 | 10.7 | 10.9 | 12.1 | 13.4 | 11.8 | 11.0 | 9.4 | 7.0 | 5.4 | 3.0 | 1.8 | 1.2 |
Low | 32.8 | 40.4 | 42.2 | 42.6 | 45.0 | 35.0 | 26.3 | 17.3 | 10.8 | 7.9 | 4.4 | 2.1 | 1.1 | |
Middle | 13.9 | 15.2 | 15.0 | 17.3 | 18.2 | 15.4 | 14.0 | 10.7 | 7.3 | 5.0 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 1.3 | |
High | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 6.0 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.9 | |
 Drinking prevalence | Total | 33.0 | 30.7 | 33.9 | 38.4 | 40.0 | 38.5 | 36.8 | 33.3 | 26.9 | 22.2 | 17.2 | 12.6 | 8.2 |
Low | 28.6 | 36.8 | 33.0 | 34.7 | 40.0 | 36.6 | 30.6 | 24.2 | 21.5 | 17.7 | 16.1 | 11.2 | 6.8 | |
Middle | 29.2 | 31.2 | 34.3 | 37.8 | 38.6 | 37.7 | 35.3 | 32.5 | 26.8 | 22.8 | 17.4 | 13.4 | 9.2 | |
High | 36.6 | 29.7 | 33.5 | 39.1 | 41.7 | 39.9 | 39.6 | 36.2 | 30.2 | 25.7 | 19.7 | 15.3 | 14.2 | |
 Participation rate in stomach cancer screeningb | Total |  |  |  |  |  | 48.3 | 49.2 | 46.1 | 44.3 | 43.2 | 41.5 | 34.1 | 19.6 |
Low | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 26.3 | 35.1 | 29.1 | 36.4 | 36.4 | 36.7 | 31.3 | 17.8 | |
Middle | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 44.3 | 45.9 | 44.0 | 44.2 | 44.1 | 43.3 | 35.8 | 20.7 | |
High | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 56.5 | 55.7 | 52.5 | 48.9 | 48.3 | 46.6 | 40.1 | 27.9 | |
 Participation rate in lung cancer screeningc | Total |  |  |  | 44.2 | 47.3 | 50.9 | 51.8 | 47.3 | 45.6 | 44.6 | 41.2 | 34.8 | 24.4 |
Low | Â | Â | Â | 25.8 | 30.5 | 28.6 | 36.5 | 32.8 | 39.4 | 38.0 | 37.6 | 32.5 | 23.4 | |
Middle | Â | Â | Â | 39.8 | 43.8 | 48.0 | 49.6 | 46.2 | 46.0 | 45.9 | 43.0 | 35.7 | 25.1 | |
High | Â | Â | Â | 49.3 | 52.9 | 57.4 | 56.5 | 51.6 | 48.0 | 47.7 | 42.5 | 42.8 | 29.1 | |
 Participation rate in colorectal cancer screeningc | Total |  |  |  | 39.2 | 42.2 | 45.0 | 45.9 | 42.6 | 41.3 | 41.1 | 38.4 | 30.3 | 16.6 |
Low | Â | Â | Â | 23.7 | 25.4 | 24.5 | 27.1 | 27.8 | 33.1 | 34.7 | 33.1 | 26.2 | 14.6 | |
Middle | Â | Â | Â | 34.4 | 37.9 | 41.7 | 42.9 | 41.1 | 41.1 | 42.1 | 40.5 | 32.9 | 18.1 | |
High | Â | Â | Â | 44.7 | 48.8 | 52.0 | 52.1 | 47.5 | 46.3 | 45.5 | 43.5 | 36.9 | 22.3 | |
 Participation rate in breast cancer screeningc | Total |  |  |  | 55.6 | 54.7 | 54.4 | 52.0 | 44.5 | 37.8 | 31.5 | 23.2 | 13.9 | 5.6 |
Low | Â | Â | Â | 28.3 | 30.8 | 27.8 | 28.6 | 23.9 | 31.5 | 23.4 | 17.6 | 10.9 | 4.0 | |
Middle | Â | Â | Â | 49.1 | 49.0 | 50.4 | 47.9 | 42.1 | 37.0 | 32.3 | 25.0 | 15.7 | 6.9 | |
High | Â | Â | Â | 63.3 | 63.7 | 62.9 | 60.4 | 51.9 | 43.5 | 38.8 | 30.7 | 20.0 | 10.0 | |
 Participation rate in uterus cancer screening | Total | 38.4 | 51.2 | 55.4 | 58.2 | 55.0 | 53.0 | 46.9 | 38.5 | 32.3 | 26.1 | 18.8 | 11.4 | 4.6 |
Low | 32.3 | 35.5 | 37.5 | 34.4 | 36.8 | 27.6 | 26.8 | 21.0 | 26.1 | 20.3 | 15.6 | 9.2 | 4.1 | |
Middle | 34.6 | 47.9 | 49.9 | 52.3 | 49.6 | 49.6 | 42.4 | 36.4 | 32.0 | 26.8 | 19.8 | 12.4 | 5.1 | |
High | 42.1 | 55.7 | 62.0 | 65.2 | 63.0 | 60.5 | 55.6 | 44.8 | 36.3 | 30.8 | 22.7 | 17.5 | 5.5 | |