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Table 2 Self-rated health by demographic data, chronic conditions and number of conditions in 11,439 men in EPIC-Norfolk

From: Association of self-rated health with multimorbidity, chronic disease and psychosocial factors in a large middle-aged and older cohort from general practice: a cross-sectional study

 

Total

Excellent

Good

Moderate

Poor

Age

     

39-64

7666 (67.0)

1444 (18.8)

4796 (62.6)

1278 (16.7)

148 (1.9)

>65

3773 (33.0)

537 (14.2)

2350 (62.3)

815 (21.6)

71 (1.9)

Social class

     

Manual

4670 (41.5)

584 (12.5)

2872 (61.5)

1096 (23.5)

118 (2.5)

Non-manual

6579 (58.5)

1359 (20.7)

4168 (63.4)

957 (14.5)

95 (1.4)

Chronic conditions

     

Cancer

426 (3.7)

48 (11.3)

260 (61.0)

104 (24.4)

14 (3.3)

Stroke

202 (1.8)

6 (3.0)

84 (41.6)

96 (47.5)

16 (7.9)

Heart attack

588 (5.1)

29 (4.9)

261 (44.4)

245 (41.7)

53 (9.0)

Diabetes

357 (3.1)

11 (3.1)

190 (53.2)

128 (35.9)

28 (7.8)

Arthritis

2619 (22.9)

430 (16.4)

1598 (61.0)

534 (20.4)

57 (2.2)

Respiratory (asthma or bronchitis)

1681 (14.7)

291 (17.3)

1068 (63.5)

293 (17.4)

29 (1.7)

Number of conditions

     

None

6694 (58.5)

1278 (19.1)

4289 (64.1)

1033 (15.4)

94 (1.4)

One

3739 (32.7)

593 (15.6)

2302 (61.6)

771 (20.6)

73 (2.0)

Two

896 (7.8)

108 (12.1)

509 (56.8)

244 (27.2)

35 (3.9)

Three or more

110 (1.0)

2 (1.8)

46 (41.8)

45 (40.9)

17 (15.5)

Psychological measures

     

Self-reported depression%

1509 (13.2)

260 (17.2)

932 (61.8)

287 (19.0)

30 (2.0)

Antidepressant use%

421 (3.7)

28 (6.7)

203 (48.2)

155 (36.8)

35 (8.3)

SF-36 Mental health(0-100)

79.0 (15.7)

84.6 (12.6)

80.2 (14.6)

70.2 (17.6)

62.9 (20.4)

SF-36 Role emotional(0-100

85.5 (30.3)

93.2 (20.4)

87.9 (27.6)

71.3 (39.8)

54.5 (45.4)

SF-36 Social functioning(0-100)

87.3 (21.2)

94.3 (14.4)

89.8 (18.5)

74.3 (26.0)

51.1 (32.7)

Neuroticism scale (0-12)

3.7 (3.2)

2.9 (2.7)

3.6 (3.1)

5.0 (3.4)

5.4 (3.6)

  1. (Data are all n(%), except for SF-36 and neuroticism scales (mean (SD)).