Table 1 Distribution of 65–74-year-old men and women according to age, educational level, marital status, self-reported health and chronic diseases in areas 1of Norway (1995–97) and Finland (1997).
NORWAY | FINLAND | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Men | Women | Men | Women | ||
n = 3 732 | N = 4 187 | n = 855 | n = 428 | ||
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
Age | n.s.2 | * | |||
65 – 69 years | 1 837 (49) | 2 069 (49) | 497 (58) | 221 (52) | |
70 – 74 years | 1 895 (51) | 2 118 (51) | 358 (42) | 207 (48) | |
Educational level | *** | n.s. | |||
Primary school | 1 898 (57) | 2 735 (76) | 529 (63) | 264 (63) | |
Middle level 3 | 1 133 (34) | 618 (17) | 243 (29) | 132 (32) | |
University degree | 327 (10) | 232 (6) | 73 (9) | 23 (5) | |
Marital status | *** | *** | |||
Married/cohabiting | 2 924 (78) | 2 573 (62) | 663 (78) | 183 (43) | |
Single | 373 (10) | 187 (4) | 77 (9) | 45 (11) | |
Divorced/separated | 156 (4) | 124 (3) | 63 (7) | 43 (10) | |
Widow | 273 (7) | 1 296 (31) | 52 (6) | 157 (37) | |
Self-rated health | *** | n.s. | |||
Good | 2 230 (60) | 2 251 (54) | 347 (41) | 184 (43) | |
Fair or poor | 1 480 (40) | 1 894 (46) | 507 (59) | 243 (57) | |
Self-reported chronic disease | *** | * | |||
Cardiovascular | 1 546 (41) | 1 539 (37) | 453 (53) | 198 (46) | |
*** | ** | ||||
Musculoskeletal | 919 (25) | 1 737 (41) | 454 (53) | 266 (62) | |
** | n.s. | ||||
Respiratory | 384 (10) | 357 (9) | 111 (13) | 53 (12) | |
*** | *** | ||||
Mental | 203 (7) | 507 (12) | 49 (6) | 48 (11) | |
n.s. | n.s. | ||||
Diabetes | 268 (7) | 273 (7) | 92 (11) | 38 (9) | |
** | n.s. | ||||
Cancer | 253 (7) | 357 (9) | 47 (6) | 20 (5) | |
*** | *** | ||||
Other | 557 (15) | 895 (21) | 65 (8) | 64 (15) | |
Region | n.s. | ||||
North Karelia | 459 (54) | 225 (53) | |||
Helsinki Metropolitan area | 396 (46) | 203 (47) | |||