Standardised* prevalence (%) of health conditions in the Survey of Health and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) population aged 50 years and over, by country (95% CIs in parentheses)
| Health conditions | Austria | Belgium | Denmark | France | Germany | Greece | Italy | Netherlands | Spain | Sweden | Switzerland | Czech Republic | Poland |
| Any morbidity | 63.2 (60.3 to 66.0) | 70.1 (68.1 to 72.0) | 66.2 (63.7 to 68.7) | 67.3 (65.4 to 69.2) | 64.2 (61.9 to 66.5) | 63.1 (61.2 to 65.1) | 67.8 (65.6 to 70.0) | 54.3 (52.2 to 56.4) | 66.1 (63.6 to 68.7) | 60.8 (58.7 to 62.9) | 52.6 (50.0 to 55.3) | 74.4 (72.4 to 76.5) | 75.0 (73.0 to 77.1) |
| 3+ co-morbidities | 17.3 (15.2 to 19.4) | 17.7 (16.2 to 19.2) | 19.6 (17.6 to 21.6) | 16.0 (14.6 to 17.5) | 15.7 (14.1 to 17.3) | 14.8 (13.5 to 16.1) | 21.1 (19.4 to 22.7) | 13.0 (11.6 to 14.4) | 17.1 (15.3 to 19.0) | 17.3 (15.8 to 18.7) | 7.7 (6.4 to 9.0) | 22.2 (20.3 to 24.0) | 29.7 (27.6 to 31.8) |
| Any physical functional limitation | 49.0 (56.1 to 51.8) | 43.7 (41.7 to 45.8) | 36.3 (33.9 to 38.7) | 42.9 (41.0 to 44.9) | 42.1 (39.9 to 44.4) | 52.2 (50.2 to 54.2) | 48.7 (46.5 to 50.8) | 37.1 (35.0 to 39.2) | 38.8 (36.4 to 41.2) | 39.0 (37.0 to 41.0) | 29.6 (27.3 to 32.0) | 49.0 (46.7 to 51.3) | 63.9 (61.7 to 66.2) |
| Any activity limitation | 49.1 (46.1 to 52.0) | 37.2 (35.2 to 39.2) | 35.6 (33.1 to 38.1) | 35.4 (33.4 to 37.3) | 46.7 (44.3 to 49.1) | 24.9 (23.3 to 26.5) | 37.4 (35.4 to 39.5) | 47.2 (45.0 to 49.4) | 35.5 (33.1 to 41.8) | 39.7 (37.6 to 41.8) | 29.4 (27.0 to 31.8) | 54.1 (51.8 to 56.4) | 56.4 (54.2 to 58.7) |
| Severe activity limitation | 11.2 (9.6 to 12.9) | 14.7 (13.2 to 16.1) | 11.7 (10.0 to 13.3) | 14.9 (13.5 to 16.3) | 16.2 (14.5 to 17.8) | 5.4 (4.6 to 6.3) | 11.6 (10.3 to 12.8) | 19.4 (17.6 to 21.1) | 5.2 (4.1 to 6.3) | 13.0 (11.6 to 14.5) | 9.0 (7.5 to 10.5) | 17.2 (15.5 to 18.9) | 24.5 (22.5 to 26.4) |
| 1+ IADL limitation | 18.1 (15.9 to 20.3) | 15.8 (14.4 to 17.2) | 12.9 (11.3 to 14.6) | 14.2 (12.9 to 15.5) | 11.6 (10.4 to 12.9) | 15.1 (13.9 to 16.4) | 14.5 (13.1 to 15.8) | 13.8 (12.4 to 15.2) | 14.3 (12.8 to 15.9) | 11.6 (10.3 to 12.9) | 8.0 (6.7 to 9.4) | 14.5 (12.9 to 16.0) | 24.5 (22.7 to 26.4) |
| 1+ ADL limitation | 9.1 (7.6 to 10.6) | 11.0 (9.8 to 12.2) | 7.7 (6.4 to 9.0) | 9.4 (8.2 to 10.5) | 9.8 (8.6 to 11.0) | 6.1 (5.2 to 6.9) | 8.7 (7.6 to 9.8) | 7.0 (6.0 to 8.0) | 9.1 (7.8 to 10.4) | 8.0 (6.9 to 9.0) | 5.4 (4.3 to 6.6) | 7.4 (6.2 to 8.6) | 19.4 (17.7 to 21.2) |
| Fair/poor self-perceived health | 30.8 (28.1 to 33.5) | 26.4 (24.6 to 28.2) | 23.5 (21.3 to 25.7) | 33.8 (31.9 to 35.7) | 36.7 (34.5 to 39.0) | 22.8 (21.2 to 24.4) | 39.2 (37.2 to 41.3) | 28.2 (26.3 to 30.1) | 37.9 (35.4 to 40.4) | 35.3 (33.1 to 37.4) | 16.3 (14.3 to 18.2) | 41.1 (38.8 to 43.3) | 57.3 (55.0 to 59.6) |
| Poor self-perceived health | 7.0 (5.6 to 8.4) | 6.1 (5.1 to 7.1) | 6.7 (5.4 to 8.0) | 8.8 (7.7 to 9.9) | 9.4 (8.1 to 10.6) | 4.4 (3.7 to 5.2) | 10.1 (8.9 to 11.2) | 4.9 (4.0 to 5.8) | 11.5 (9.9 to 13.0) | 9.6 (8.3 to 11.0) | 3.7 (2.7 to 4.7) | 13.0 (11.5 to 14.5) | 30.4 (28.3 to 32.5) |
↵* Age and sex standardised to European Standard population.
ADL, activities of daily living; IADL, instrumental activities of daily living.