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Table 3 Mean number unhealthy days during the past 30 days among Chinese adults aged ≥ 18 years, China, 2010 (n = 98658)

From: Self-rated health and health-related quality of life among Chinese residents, China, 2010

Characteristic

Physically unhealthy days a

Injury-caused unhealthy days b

Mentally unhealthy days c

 

Number of respondents

Mean number of days ( 95 % CI )

Number of respondents

Mean number of days ( 95 % CI

Number of respondents

Mean number of days ( 95 % CI

Age group (years)

18-24

7530

0.95 ( 0.79-1.10 )

7548

0.26 ( 0.17-0.35 )

7553

0.58 ( 0.45-0.71 )

25-34

12106

0.93 ( 0.81-1.05 )

12109

0.20 ( 0.13-0.26 )

12074

0.55 ( 0.46-0.65 )

35-44

21058

1.15 ( 1.04-1.27 )

21079

0.15 ( 0.11-0.19 )

21009

0.50 ( 0.43-0.57 )

45-54

20522

1.70 ( 1.51-1.88 )

20700

0.23 ( 0.19-0.27 )

20607

0.57 ( 0.48-0.65 )

55-64

16385

2.12 ( 1.93-2.31 )

16628

0.22 ( 0.18-0.26 )

16545

0.56 ( 0.49-0.63 )

65-74

7813

2.74 (2.48-3.01 )

7999

0.20 ( 0.14-0.26 )

7949

0.49 ( 0.40-0.57 )

≥75

2861

2.92 (2.42-3.43 )

2948

0.21 ( 0.13-0.28 )

2930

0.41 ( 0.31-0.51 )

Gender

Man

40279

1.23 ( 1.12-1.34 )

40572

0.23 ( 0.18-0.28 )

40481

0.46 ( 0.40-0.53 )

Woman

47996

1.72 ( 1.56-1.88 )

48439

0.17 ( 0.14-0.21 )

48186

0.62 ( 0.54-0.70 )

Education

Illiterate or some primary school

7404

2.32 ( 2.12-2.52 )

7476

0.22 ( 0.17-0.27 )

7465

0.50 ( 0.43-0.58 )

Primary school graduate/some junior high school

14658

1.66 ( 1.47-1.84 )

14773

0.24 ( 0.15-0.32 )

14754

0.51 ( 0.41-0.60 )

Junior high school graduate/some senior high school

28476

1.12 (1.00-1.23 )

28652

0.21 ( 0.16-0.25 )

28605

0.45 ( 0.37-0.53 )

Senior high school graduate/some college

16851

1.27 ( 1.09-1.46 )

17025

0.19 ( 0.14-0.25 )

16938

0.62 ( 0.53-0.72 )

College graduate or above

20886

1.17 ( 0.99-1.34 )

21085

0.13 ( 0.09-0.18 )

20905

0.86 ( 0.72-1.00 )

Marital status

Single

7618

1.07 ( 0.93-1.21 )

7624

0.26 ( 0.16-0.36 )

7629

0.65 ( 0.52-0.78 )

Married or cohabiting

71647

1.47 ( 1.34-1.59 )

72233

0.20 ( 0.16-0.24 )

71923

0.51 ( 0.44-0.58 )

Separated/divorced/widowed/others

9010

2.24 ( 1.90-2.57 )

9154

0.20 ( 0.14-0.27 )

9115

0.66 ( 0.53-0.78 )

Place of residence

Urban

35561

1.57 ( 1.37-1.78 )

36182

0.16 ( 0.14-0.19 )

36093

0.65 ( 0.55-0.74 )

Rural

52714

1.43 ( 1.27-1.59 )

52829

0.22 ( 0.17-0.28 )

52574

0.49 ( 0.40-0.58 )

Geographic location

Eastern China

29155

1.43 ( 1.23-1.63 )

29398

0.18 ( 0.14-0.21 )

29341

0.51 ( 0.40-0.61 )

Central China

28048

1.30 ( 1.08-1.51 )

28444

0.16 ( 0.11-0.21 )

28247

0.49 ( 0.37-0.61 )

Western China

31072

1.76 ( 1.50-2.01 )

31169

0.30 ( 0.18-0.42 )

31079

0.64 ( 0.49-0.79 )

Total

88275

1.48 ( 1.35-1.60 )

89011

0.20 ( 0.17-0.24 )

88667

0.54 ( 0.47-0.61 )

  1. a Number of respondents to physically unhealthy day = 88275, missing =10383
  2. b Number of respondents to injury-caused unhealthy days =89011, missing = 9647
  3. c Number of respondents to mental unhealthy = 88667, missing = 9991
  4. Note: The mean numbers of days were weighted to represent the total population of the national disease surveillance points system with post-stratification for age and gender;The number in parentheses is the mean number of days of the 95% confidence interval which taking into account the complex survey design.
  5. Source: Data from the 2010 China Chronic Disease and Risk Factor Surveillance survey