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Table 1 SF-36 Dimensions and Combined Scores on 8 Dimensions in Age-adjusted Socio-demographic Subgroups and in a Subgroup without Illness (100 = Optimal).

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

  

N

BP

GH

MH

PF

RE

RP

SF

VI

Comb

Age

16–24 years

881

83.4

83.2

81.6

96.7

91.7

93.6

95.0

72.9

87.3

 

25–44 years

2180

81.5

80.4

82.1

94.6

88.9

90.5

92.8

70.6

85.2

 

45–64 years

1691

77.8

73.0

82.1

85.7

87.0

80.8

90.9

70.2

80.9

 

65+ years

720

75.8

64.6

80.5

70.6

73.1

59.4

87

65.5

72.1

Sex

Males

2828

83.4

77.5

83.9

90.9

89.0

86.5

93.3

72.9

84.7

 

Females

2644

76.4

75.4

80.0

86.7

83.6

80.7

90.3

67.6

80.1

Education

Males

          
 

Low

613

78.6

70.6

82.3

82.3

82.3

75.7

89.6

69.8

78.9

 

Mid

746

82.1

77.0

84.3

89.8

89.4

85.3

93.7

73.0

84.3

 

High

1313

86.2

80.2

84.1

94.8

91.0

91.5

94.3

73.9

87.0

 

Females

          
 

Low

435

69.4

64.4

77.4

71.8

75.4

64.6

85.9

63.0

71.5

 

Mid

864

76.6

75.0

79.8

86.8

85.2

81.0

90.0

67.5

80.2

 

High

1234

80.1

79.6

81.4

92.4

88.2

86.7

92.3

69.5

83.8

Income

Males

          
 

Low

529

80.8

74.4

81.6

86.2

84.5

79.4

91.0

69.6

80.9

 

Mid

759

81.2

75.6

83.2

88.5

86.3

82.8

92.2

72.3

82.7

 

High

1294

85.9

80.0

85.2

94.5

92.8

92.2

94.8

74.6

87.5

 

Females

          
 

Low

899

72.4

68.3

77.4

78.1

79.2

71.2

87.4

63.9

74.7

 

Mid

1262

77.8

77.1

80.7

89.7

86.7

84.1

91.5

68.6

82.0

 

High

524

81.0

81.8

82.9

93.4

90.3

88.8

93.1

71.1

85.3

No illness

Males

548

95.8

86.7

89.5

95.8

95.7

95.1

97.6

82.3

92.3

 

Females

286

94.9

87.0

88.4

95.3

95.4

96.2

97.6

79.6

91.8

Entire sample

5472

79.7

76.0

81.8

88.2

86.6

82.9

91.6

70.0

82.1