Table 2

Proportion (%) of disability in walking by gender, birth cohort, and survey period (n=758 men, n=1033 women)

MenWomen
Cohort (age in 1981)198119901996198119901996
*Persons aged 54 to 58 years in 1981 and 1996 (and persons aged 53 to 57 years in 1990). †Persons aged 59 to 63 years in 1981 and 1996 (and persons aged 58 to 62 years in 1990).
V (39–43)313 21* 918 26*
IV (44–48)7 30* 29† 12 37* 35†
III (49–53)15 28† 3918 35† 42
II (54–58) 22* 3355 28* 4560
I (59–63) 28† 4262 32† 5778
Total number of respondents566687743745923990