Table 1 Health profile of individuals aged between 65 and 79 years old according to gender and education
Women | Men | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Low | Medium | High | Low | Medium | High | |
Self-rated health | ||||||
Good | 48.4% | 58.8% | 71.5% | 53.7% | 62.2% | 72.6% |
Poor | 51.6% | 41.2% | 28.5% | 46.3% | 37.8% | 27.4% |
Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Chronic diseases | ||||||
No chronic disease | 12.4% | 16.6% | 20.8% | 16.7% | 18.4% | 22.1% |
Chronic disease | 87.6% | 83.4% | 79.2% | 83.3% | 81.6% | 77.9% |
Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
IADL | ||||||
No limitations | 75.8% | 83.5% | 87.5% | 84.6% | 88.9% | 90.9% |
Limited | 24.2% | 16.5% | 12.5% | 15.4% | 11.1% | 9.1% |
Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
ADL | ||||||
No limitations | 86.5% | 90.0% | 93.0% | 89.1% | 90.5% | 93.5% |
Limited | 13.5% | 10.0% | 7.0% | 10.9% | 9.5% | 6.5% |
Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Depression | ||||||
Not depressed | 60.7% | 70.5% | 76.8% | 77.8% | 83.6% | 86.2% |
Depressed | 39.3% | 29.5% | 23.2% | 22.2% | 16.4% | 13.8% |
Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
N | 6 934 | 5 227 | 2 642 | 4 642 | 4 755 | 3 030 |
% (according to gender) | 46.8% | 35.3% | 17.8% | 37.4% | 38.3% | 24.4% |