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Table 4 Health status and medical conditions by age group (weighted %), 2013

From: Factors predicting health services use among older people in China: An analysis of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study 2013

 

Aged 45–54

Aged 55–64

Aged 65–74

Aged 75+

Total

Good perceived health

27.9

22.9

20.5

20.3

23.8

Fair perceived health

51.3

50.6

46.9

43.9

49.3

Poor perceived health

18.8

23.6

29.0

30.8

23.9

Very poor perceived health

2.0

2.8

3.7

5.1

3.0

No chronic disease

44.4

33.0

23.8

28.0

33.7

One chronic disease

29.2

31.0

29.0

29.5

29.9

Two chronic diseases

15.3

18.6

22.8

18.9

18.6

Three and more chronic diseases

11.1

17.3

24.4

23.7

17.8

Any physical disability

2.1

2.8

3.7

5.0

3.0

Any functional loss

5.9

9.5

15.1

22.3

10.9

Any ADL limitation

3.5

6.9

11.0

23.4

9.5

No depression

88.9

86.0

85.4

88.2

87.1

Moderate/mild depression

8.9

10.8

11.3

9.9

10.2

Major depression

2.2

3.3

3.2

1.9

2.8

Fair/poor memory

80.5

84.4

83.3

81.3

82.6

No pain

68.0

64.3

62.9

62.6

65.1

A little pain

18.2

17.2

17.6

17.3

17.6

Some pain

7.4

8.4

8.9

9.9

8.3

Quite a lot pain

4.5

6.6

7.0

7.5

6.1

A lot pain

1.9

3.6

3.6

2.7

2.9

Current a smoker

22.3

20.7

19.8

12.2

20.1

Former a smoker

6.6

9.2

11.9

15.4

9.5

Never a smoker

71.1

70.1

68.3

72.4

70.4

Drinking alcohol more than once per month

29.3

27.2

24.6

17.7

26.3

Drinking alcohol less than once per month

9.4

8.0

6.4

5.7

7.9

Not drinking alcohol

61.4

64.8

69.1

76.7

65.9

Regular physical exercises

50.1

46.5

50.5

41.3

48.1

Less than regular physical exercises

43.5

44.9

37.4

32.8

41.8

No physical exercise

6.4

8.7

12.1

25.9

10.2

  1. Data source: Authors’ own calculation using CHARLS 2013 national data