Table 1

The proportion of respondents and the prevalence of limiting longstanding illness (LLI) and index of dissimilarity (ID) in Finland, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark by age and education in the 1986/87 and 1994/95. Men and women

	Finland		Sweden		Norway		Denmark
	%	LLI %	%	LLI %	%	LLI %	%	LLI %
*The prevalence of LLI have been adjusted for age.
Men 1986/87
Age
25–34	28	13	24	13	24	11	24	–
35–44	26	17	25	14	27	16	28	–
45–54	19	36	18	19	16	26	18	–
55–64	17	59	17	37	18	37	17	–
65–74	10	64	16	44	15	43	13	–
Education*
Higher	18	19	10	8	22	11	22	–
Secondary	33	32	54	20	50	23	53	–
Basic	49	39	36	28	28	33	25	–

ID by education	8.8		10.5		11.9		–

Total*	100	34	100	23	100	24	100	–
	(n=4302)		(n=4554)		(n=1444)		(n=1732)
Men 1994/95
Age
25–34	23	17	23	11	26	17	26	15
35–44	27	20	22	13	25	16	25	22
45–54	24	29	24	22	24	22	21	26
55–64	18	48	16	35	13	36	15	36
65–74	9	54	14	40	12	49	13	38
Education*
Higher	24	17	13	9	28	14	27	21
Secondary	39	32	61	21	55	26	53	25
Basic	37	35	26	31	17	39	20	34

ID by education	10.2		10.6		12.2		6.4

Total*	100	31	100	22	100	26	100	26
	(n=3628)		(n=4549)		(n=1396)		(n=1720)
Women 1986/87
Age
25–34	25	16	22	13	25	18	25	–
35–44	25	23	26	17	25	20	26	–
45–54	18	39	18	23	15	32	18	–
55–64	18	56	17	41	18	34	17	–
65–74	14	61	17	44	17	55	14	–
Education*
Higher	14	25	9	16	15	19	18	–
Secondary	34	32	52	24	49	29	43	–
Basic	52	38	39	29	36	32	39	–

ID by education	5.9		5.8		5.0		–

Total*	100	35	100	25	100	29	100	–
	(n=4846)		(n=4526)		(n=1542)		(n=1770)
Women 1994/95
Age
25–34	23	20	22	14	27	22	24	16
35–44	27	24	22	16	25	25	24	25
45–54	23	33	24	23	21	33	22	28
55–64	16	50	17	35	14	44	16	47
65–74	11	59	15	44	13	53	14	53
Education*
Higher	19	25	12	26	24	23	27	23
Secondary	44	34	61	34	53	34	46	28
Basic	37	39	27	40	23	39	27	41

ID by education	5.3		4.2		2.9		9.7

Total*	100	33	100	24	100	33	100	31
	(n=3574)		(n=4650)		(n=1414)		(n=1862)