Table 1 Characteristics of participants in the HS-2008 and CARE-2015 surveys.

From: The role of age, sex, and multimorbidity in 7-year change in prevalence of limitations in adults 60–94 years

  

HS-2008

(n = 13,584)

CARE-2015

(n = 13,044)

Men

(n = 5233)

Women

(n = 8351)

Men

(n = 4764)

Women

(n = 8280)

Age

Mean (SD)

70.9 (8.1)

72.8 (8.7)

71.4 (8.3)

73.0 (9.2)

(95% CI)

(70.6, 71.3)

(72.5, 73.2)

(71.0, 71.7)

(72.7, 73.3)

Resident in an institution

n

1236

2502

694

1929

 

% (95% CI)

2.2 (1.9, 2.4)

4.1 (3.9, 4.4)

1.9 (1.8, 2.1)

4.2 (3.9, 4.5)

Education

None

n

2048

3485

1167

2452

% (95% CI)

24.7 (22.3, 26.6)

28.4 (26.7, 30.0)

16.1 (14.6, 17.7)

19.1 (17.7, 20.6)

Primary

n

1531

3250

1204

2918

% (95% CI)

30.5 (28.4, 32.7)

42.5 (40.5, 44.4)

21.1 (19.3, 22.9)

27.8 (26.1, 29.5)

High school

n

897

802

1358

1657

% (95% CI)

24.1 (22.0, 26.2)

14.5 (13.0, 16.0)

32.5 (30.3, 34.6)

28.6 (26.8, 30.5)

Baccalaureate

n

243

400

412

655

% (95% CI)

5.8 (4.6, 7.0)

6.8 (5.7, 7.8)

11.4 (9.9, 12.9)

11.1 (9.8, 12.5)

University degree

n

514

414

623

598

% (95% CI)

14.9 (13.1, 16.7)

7.9 (6.8, 9.1)

18.4 (17.0, 20.8)

13.3 (11.9, 14.8)

Chronic conditions

Arthritis

n

1851

4074

2241

5207

% (95% CI)

32.6 (30.4, 34.7)

46.6 (44.7, 48.6)

39.2 (37.0, 41.4)

56.6 (54.6, 58.6)

Cancer

n

596

730

415

504

% (95% CI)

9.6 (8.3, 10.9)

9.1 (8.1, 10.2)

5.5 (4.7, 6.4)

5.5 (4.8, 6.3)

Heart disease

n

1189

1434

1191

1488

% (95% CI)

19.0 (17.4, 20.7)

11.2 (10.2, 12.2)

15.8 (14.3, 17.3)

10.2 (9.3, 11.2)

Neurodegenerative disease

n

506

1158

505

1252

% (95% CI)

3.1 (2.6, 3.6)

4.0 (3.5, 4.5)

2.4 (2.0, 2.8)

3.9 (3.5, 4.3)

Depression

n

344

1077

506

1394

% (95% CI)

3.4 (2.6, 4.1)

6.9 (6.2, 7.7)

4.1 (3.4, 4.7)

9.2 (8.3, 10.2)

Diabetes

n

975

1322

981

1342

% (95% CI)

15.0 (13.5, 16.6)

10.8 (9.7, 11.9)

16.1 (14.5, 17.7)

11.5 (10.4, 12.6)

Musculoskeletal disorders

n

1167

2135

2002

4114

% (95% CI)

23.4 (21.5, 25.4)

27.1 (25.4, 28.8)

35.3 (33.1, 37.4)

43.1 (41.2, 45.0)

Stroke

n

549

730

415

504

% (95% CI)

5.2 (4.3, 6.0)

3.8 (3.2, 4.4)

3.5 (2.9, 4.1)

2.8 (2.3, 3.3)

Multimorbiditya

 < 2 Chronic conditions

n

3151

4541

2241

3192

% (95% CI)

68.7 (66.7, 70.8)

66.3 (64.6, 68.0)

63.0 (60.9, 65.1)

54.6 (52.7, 56.5)

 ≥ 2 Chronic conditions

n

2082

3810

2523

5088

% (95% CI)

31.3 (29.2, 33.3)

3.7 (31.9, 35.4)

37.0 (34.9, 39.1)

45.4 (43.5, 47.3)

ADL limitations

0

n

3765

5148

3480

5160

% (95% CI)

92.3 (91.5, 93.2)

87.4 (86.5, 88.2)

92.8 (92.0, 93.6)

88.6 (87.8, 89.4)

1–2

n

643

1395

614

1370

% (95% CI)

4.7 (4.0, 5.4)

8.0 (7.3, 8.8)

4.4 (3.8, 5.1)

6.6 (5.9, 7.3)

 ≥ 3

n

825

1808

670

1750

% (95% CI)

3.0 (2.6, 3.4)

4.6 (4.2, 5.0)

2.8 (2.4, 3.2)

4.8 (4.4, 5.2)

IADL limitations

0

n

3127

3726

2550

2947

% (95% CI)

86.7 (85.6, 87.9)

76.2 (74.9, 77.5)

84.2 (83.6, 86.0)

74.8 (73.4, 76.1)

1–2

n

687

1474

739

1514

% (95% CI)

5.8 (4.9, 6.6)

11.6 (10.6, 12.7)

8.1 (7.1, 9.2)

11.7 (10.7, 12.7)

 ≥ 3

n

1419

3151

1475

3819

% (95% CI)

7.5 (6.6, 8.3)

12.2 (11.4, 13.0)

7.1 (6.4, 7.7)

13.5 (12.7, 14.4)

  1. M, mean; SD, standard deviation; HS: Handicap Santé; CARE: Capacities, Aids and REssources; ADL: Activities of Daily Living; IADL: Instrumental Activities of Daily Living.aUsing the chronic conditions listed above.
  2. Data are n, followed by weighted % and 95% CI, unless stated otherwise.
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