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Table 6 Prevalence and Ranking of Disease Groups According to Age-adjusted SF-36 Dimensions and Combined Scores (100 = Optimal) on Educational Groups (ISCED). Females.

From: Severity of self-reported diseases and symptoms in Denmark

ISCED

Rank

Disease group

Prevalence %

BP

GH

MH

PF

RE

RP

SF

VI

SF-36 comb

High

1

Psychiatric disorders

1.5

69.3

53.7

64.1

77.7

54.4

59.2

72.7

51.3

62.8

 

2

Digestive diseases

2.8

57.4

63.4

70.7

81.0

81.1

71.0

81.1

53.2

69.9

 

3

Cardiovascular diseases

3.6

67.1

59.9

75.6

79.3

71.7

63.6

84.2

58.3

70.0

 

4

Musculoskeletal diseases

14.1

57.9

64.3

75.9

76.5

82.4

64.5

85.8

59.8

70.9

 

5

Respiratory diseases

4.9

70.9

64.8

80.2

78.9

57.6

74.5

87.0

62.4

72.0

 

6

Other diseases

5.1

66.5

65.9

77.1

80.9

81.5

67.6

84.9

60.4

73.1

 

7

Nervous system

4.4

67.7

64.2

77.7

81.4

78.7

71.2

86.5

62.1

73.7

 

8

Injuries

2.4

67.6

74.9

79.6

83.2

86.1

74.5

86.6

67.0

77.5

 

9

Skin diseases

2.2

75.2

67.2

76.2

83.1

84.6

79.4

91.7

63.3

77.6

 

10

Endocrine diseases

2.2

78.4

69.8

80.4

86.5

79.4

81.0

91.2

67.6

79.3

Low

1

Respiratory diseases

7.2

59.1

43.4

72.4

58.3

57.6

35.4

84.4

47.9

57.3

 

2

Psychiatric disorders

3.2

52.3

54.9

61.9

70.9

54.4

48.1

74.3

54.9

58.9

 

3

Other diseases

4.9

54.4

51.0

66.8

55.3

81.5

47.9

76.0

48.5

60.2

 

4

Cardiovascular diseases

12.6

58.3

51.1

71.2

56.7

71.7

49.5

77.8

50.2

60.8

 

5

Musculoskeletal diseases

25.8

50.8

51.3

74.5

57.5

82.4

44.5

77.7

53.5

61.5

 

6

Nervous system

9.2

55.0

54.5

74.9

62.7

78.7

47.8

76.3

57.1

63.4

 

7

Endocrine diseases

6.4

66.8

58.0

76.5

61.5

79.4

48.1

81.8

58.8

66.4

 

8

Digestive diseases

6.3

58.6

56.0

77.2

64.5

81.1

55.0

81.0

60.2

66.7

 

9

Skin diseases

1.9

71.4

67.8

85.5

82.7

84.6

74.6

93.1

67.6

78.4

 

10

Injuries

3.8

69.7

69.0

85.5

85.9

86.1

81.0

91.0

66.3

79.3