Prevalence of disability, need for constant care, poor self assessed health and mortality during the two years after screening interview, by gender and age group
| Age groups | Men | Women | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social class I+II % (95% CI) | Social class III–V % (95% CI) | Social class I+II % (95% CI) | Social class III–V % (95% CI) | ||||
| All disability 2-150 | |||||||
| 65–74 | 3.1 (1.7, 4.5) | 6.5 (5.3, 7.7) | 3.9 (2.5, 5.3) | 7.9 (6.7, 9.1) | |||
| 75–84 | 6.8 (4.4, 9.2) | 17.5 (15.2, 19.8) | 16.8 (14.0, 20.0) | 24.3 (22.3, 26.3) | |||
| 85+ | 26.7 (16.7, 36.7) | 38.8 (32.5, 45.1) | 53.8 (47.6, 60.0) | 55.9 (52.0, 59.8) | |||
| Severe disability (needing constant care) † | |||||||
| 65–74 | 1.9 (0.8, 2.9) | 2.4 (1.7, 3.1) | 0.8 (0.2, 1.4) | 2.2 (1.6, 2.8) | |||
| 75–84 | 2.1 (0.7, 3.4) | 4.1 (2.9, 5.3) | 4.4 (2.9, 5.9) | 5.8 (4.7, 6.9) | |||
| 85+ | 6.8 (1.1, 12.5) | 9.4 (5.6, 13.2) | 14.7 (10.3, 19.1) | 15.1 (12.2, 17.9) | |||
| Poor self assessed health ‡ | |||||||
| 65–74 | 3.6 (2.1, 5.1) | 7.3 (6.0, 8.6) | 3.2 (1.9, 4.5) | 7.0 (5.9, 8.1) | |||
| 75–84 | 3.3 (1.6, 5.0) | 7.9 (6.3, 9.5) | 3.5 (2.1, 4.9) | 7.7 (6.5, 8.9) | |||
| 85+ | 4.3 (0.0, 9.1) | 6.3 (3.0, 9.6) | 5.5 (2.5, 8.5) | 6.6 (4.5, 8.7) | |||
| Mortality § | |||||||
| 65–74 | 6.1 (4.2, 8.0) | 7.8 (6.5, 9.1) | 2.5 (1.4, 3.6) | 4.0 (3.1, 4.9) | |||
| 75–84 | 12.1 (9.0, 15.2) | 17.2 (14.9, 19.5) | 9.1 (6.9, 11.3) | 11.8 (10.3, 13.3) | |||
| 85+ | 24.0 (14.3, 33.7) | 31.1 (25.1, 37.1) | 24.3 (19.0, 29.6) | 27.1 (23.6, 30.6) | |||
% Unclassified and excluded from table:
↵2-150 0.2%, †0.8%,‡2.8%. †Needing constant care (that is, bedfast or chairfast or unable to get to or use the toilet or severely mentally impaired).§Died within two years from prevalence screen. Those unclassified on social class were randomly allocated in age/sex proportions to the two groups and those classified as armed forces were excluded.