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Table 3 Prevalence of Symptoms and Ranking of Symptoms According to Age-adjusted SF-36 Dimensions and Combined Scores (100 = Optimal) for Males and Females.

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

Sex

Rank

Symptom

Prevalence %

BP

GH

MH

PF

RE

RP

SF

VI

SF-36 comb

Males

1

Melancholy, depression

3.1

70.7

59.2

57.9

83.3

56.3

70.0

71.4

51.2

65.0

 

2

Breathing difficulties

4.1

62.8

52.2

75.5

72.3

68.6

64.8

82.1

53.5

66.5

 

3

Worrying

2.9

68.9

59.3

61.9

87.2

59.7

73.7

74.0

52.0

67.1

 

4

Palpitations

2.6

70.3

62.8

71.6

82.6

70.4

74.2

80.0

57.9

71.2

 

5

Sleeping problems

5.4

71.0

65.0

71.5

83.1

74.2

71.8

82.0

57.0

72.0

 

6

Stomach ache

3.8

68.1

66.4

75.9

86.0

78.1

72.4

84.3

61.4

74.1

 

7

Constipation

2.9

74.9

65.9

76.5

86.0

76.4

75.7

85.1

61.0

75.2

 

8

Fatigue

9.8

76.3

66.5

75.9

87.4

82.7

76.2

86.3

57.4

76.1

 

9

Eczema

4.1

77.5

69.2

77.6

86.6

79.0

78.3

88.3

64.7

77.7

 

10

Arm, leg pain

14.4

69.0

71.2

81.8

85.9

84.5

77.1

90.6

66.8

78.4

 

11

Back pain

18.5

69.9

71.6

80.9

87.3

85.7

79.2

90.8

66.2

78.9

 

12

Headache

11.1

73.5

71.9

80.1

90.1

85.5

81.3

88.9

65.4

79.6

 

13

Shoulder, neck pain

17.3

74.0

74.2

81.0

90.3

85.7

82.6

91.7

67.6

80.9

 

14

Colds, rhinitis, coughing

11.3

82.9

74.7

82.1

89.9

86.2

82.2

91.0

69.0

82.3

Females

1

Melancholy, depression

7.4

63.7

60.4

57.4

76.0

56.4

61.7

74.1

49.0

62.3

 

2

Breathing difficulties

4.7

62.5

55.2

72.5

68.9

64.5

57.1

80.9

53.6

64.4

 

3

Worrying

6.0

66.8

62.1

62.3

78.2

60.5

64.4

77.3

52.8

65.5

 

4

Fatigue

14.2

61.7

59.9

70.4

76.7

71.0

58.6

79.9

49.3

65.9

 

5

Palpitations

4.2

61.8

61.6

68.4

74.7

67.6

60.7

82.1

54.9

66.5

 

6

Sleeping problems

10.9

62.8

62.1

67.8

77.2

66.0

62.8

80.0

53.3

66.5

 

7

Stomach ache

6.8

57.8

62.4

71.2

77.6

74.6

65.7

79.9

54.9

68.0

 

8

Constipation

7.0

63.3

64.2

71.5

78.4

71.9

63.9

81.6

55.2

68.8

 

9

Back pain

25.0

61.4

65.0

75.0

78.5

75.7

65.6

84.5

57.7

70.4

 

10

Arm, leg pain

21.2

61.4

65.0

75.0

78.5

75.7

65.6

84.5

57.7

70.4

 

11

Headache

19.0

65.3

68.2

74.4

81.2

81.0

69.9

84.1

59.9

73.0

 

12

Shoulder, neck pain

29.3

65.9

68.6

75.9

81.0

79.6

71.6

86.2

60.6

73.7

 

13

Eczema

6.4

69.6

65.5

78.1

80.0

84.2

69.6

85.7

59.5

74.0

 

14

Colds, rhinitis, coughing

12.0

74.4

70.3

78.2

84.7

81.9

74.6

87.7

64.9

77.1