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Table 2 Age-related differences in health-related quality of life and mobility three month after first-ever stroke onset for patients in western Sweden during 2008

From: Economic burden of stroke in a large county in Sweden

Age, sex

EQ-5D

Impaired mobility,%

<54 years

68.3 (75.0*)

13.5

55-64 years

70.7 (73.0*)

10.9

65-74 years

68.4 (72.4*)

16.9

75-84 years

64.9 (68.8*)

31.9

>85 years

58.5 (64.6*)

48.5

Female

64.1 (73.5*)

33.0

Male

70.3 (73.8*)

19.7

  1. Total number of patients n = 3,074.
  2. Data source: The Stroke register.
  3. *Reference value for the Swedish population. Source: Ferraz-Nunes J: Hälsa, ett värde utan pris (Health, a value without price), Holmberg & Weibull (red). Det nya samhället (The new society), SOM. Sweden: Gothenburg University; 2000:93–110.