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Table 3 General characteristics of participants by number of unhealthy days

From: Comparative performance of the EuroQol EQ-5D-5L and the CDC healthy days measures in assessing population health

 

Number of unhealthy days

p-value

30

20–29

10–19

1–9

0

 

Overall (N = 7,311)

873(11.9)

321(4.4)

786(10.8)

2812(38.5)

2519 (34.5)

 

Age groups

     

 < 0.001

18–24

36 (7.8)

38 (8.2)

76 (16.5)

206 (44.7)

105 (22.8)

 

25–34

90 (8.4)

54 (5.1)

139 (13.0)

478 (44.6)

311 (29.0)

 

35–44

97 (8.0)

54 (4.6)

129 (10.9)

537 (45.3)

369 (31.1)

 

45–54

198 (15.1)

50 (3.8)

132 (10.1)

489 (37.3)

442 (33.7)

 

55–64

235 (15.4)

62 (4.1)

154 (10.1)

495 (32.5)

577 (37.9)

 

65–74

152 (13.5)

39 (3.5)

102 (9.0)

388 (34.4)

448 (39.6)

 

75 + 

58 (10.5)

22 (3.9)

51 (9.2)

185 (33.4)

238(42.9)

 

Gender

     

 < 0.001

Females

558 (12.6)

218 (4.9)

544 (12.3)

1,766 (39.7)

1,359 (30.6)

 

Males

315 (11.0)

103 (3.6)

242 (8.4)

1,046 (36.5)

1,160 (40.5)

 

Education

     

 < 0.001

Below high school

125 (19.1)

36 (5.5)

77 (11.8)

198 (30.3)

217 (33.2)

High school

588 (12.9)

221 (4.9)

513 (11.3)

1,693(37.2)

1,531 (33.7)

 

University

150 (7.3)

62 (3.0)

190 (9.24)

906(44.1)

748 (36.4)

 

Self-perceived health status

     

 < 0.001

Excellent

26 (1.8)

22 (1.5)

73 (5.1)

509 (35.6)

798 (55.9)

 

Very good

96 (3.8)

66 (2.6)

243 (9.7)

1,178 (47.1)

917 (36.7)

 

Good

237 (14.5)

109 (6.7)

273 (16.7)

674 (41.3)

339 (20.8)

 

Fair

230 (42.2)

65 (11.9)

87 (12.6)

117 (16.0)

46 (8.4)

 

Poor

180 (67.1)

29 (10.8)

16 (6.0)

35 (13.1)

8 (3.0)

 

Canadian deprivation index

      

The least materially deprived

95 (6.8)

46 (3.3)

121 (8.7)

640 (45.7)

499 (35.7)

 < 0.001

Well off, but not the most well off

316 (10.2)

124 (4.0)

342 (11.0)

1220 (39.4)

1096 (35.4)

 

Less well off, sort of deprived

174 (15.0)

68 (5.9)

128 (11.0)

451 (39.0)

338 (29.2)

 

Quite materially deprived

96 (26.5)

28 (7.7)

60 (16.6)

110 (30.4)

68 (18.8)

 

The most materially deprived

50 (37.1)

17 (12.6)

16 (11.9)

32 (23.7)

20 (14.8)