Self evaluated health status and own health status compared with age mates among the elderly of Mmankgodi village
| Women | Men | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % (95% CI) | n | % (95% CI) | n | % (95% CI) | ||||||
| Health status | |||||||||||
| Good health | 40 | 18 (13 to 23) | 40 | 37 (28 to 47) | 80 | 24 (19 to 29) | |||||
| Reduced health | 123 | 54 (47 to 61) | 48 | 44 (35 to 54) | 171 | 51 (45 to 56) | |||||
| Poor health | 65 | 29 (23 to 35) | 21 | 19 (13 to 28) | 86 | 26 (21 to 31) | |||||
| Compared with age mates | |||||||||||
| Better | 74 | 32 (27 to 39) | 47 | 43 (34 to 53) | 121 | 36 (31 to 41) | |||||
| Same | 90 | 39 (33 to 46) | 31 | 28 (20 to 38) | 121 | 36 (31 to 41) | |||||
| Worse | 59 | 26 (20 to 32) | 30 | 28 (20 to 37) | 89 | 26 (22 to 32) | |||||
| No answer | 5 | 2 (1 to 5) | 1 | 1 (0 to 6) | 6 | 2 (1 to 4) | |||||
| 228 | 100 | 109 | 100 | 337 | 100 | ||||||