Table 2

Self rated “poor” health by age and sex in Taganrog and Russia in 1993/94 and 1998

Age		Taganrog				Russia
Age		1993/94 %	1998 %			Δ 1993/94–1998 Change in % units	1993/94 %	1998 %	Δ 1993/94–1998 Change in % units
Men
19–29	23.9	39.3	15.4		23.6	40.9	17.3
30–39	36.2	57.0	20.8		42.6	50.4	7.8
40–49	55.5	59.6	4.1		59.9	69.5	9.6
50–59	67.1	82.1	15.0		76.3	82.6	6.3
60–69	80.2	85.2	5.0		83.6	87.1	3.5
70–	90.8	97.7	6.9		93.5	96.5	3.0
All	53.3	65.1	11.8		58.0	64.7	6.7
	χ²=379.7	χ²=145.4			χ²=721.6	χ²=526.8
	p<0.001	p<0.001			p<0.001	p<0.001
	(n=1909)	(n=900)			(n=3462)	(n=3347)
Women
19–29	34.8	47.9	13.1		42.5	52.8	10.3
30–39	57.2	59.6	2.4		62.4	73.5	11.1
40–49	71.9	80.2	8.3		67.8	85.5	17.7
50–59	83.3	85.6	2.3		87.7	91.0	3.3
60–69	88.1	92.9	4.8		96.2	96.4	0.2
70–	94.5	94.7	0.2		96.9	99.2	2.3
All	70.7	76.0	5.3		75.9	81.2	5.3
	χ²=480.6	χ²=213.7			χ²=977.7	χ²=798.7
	p<0.001	p<0.001			p<0.001	p<0.001
	(n=2518)	(n=1291)			(n=5038)	(n=4482)

Sources: The Taganrog surveys 1993/94 and 1998; Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey 1993/94 and 1998.