Table 1

Characteristics of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing participants at wave 5 (2010–2011) and self-reported medical diagnosis of angina, cataract, depression, diabetes and osteoarthritis

Whole sample, NAngina, %Cataract, %Depression, %Diabetes, %Osteoarthritis, %
Sex
 Male38868.213.45.413.319.8
 Female48436.320.47.89.432.9
Age (years)
 50–5919062.23.710.17.217.1
 60–7447665.814.57.011.028.1
 75+205715.036.62.915.034.1
Wealth quintile*
 117163.413.84.16.021.5
 217144.915.55.98.024.2
 317236.620.15.711.325.7
 417168.218.66.713.631.6
 5171512.919.211.516.733.1
 Missing1455.59.74.89.720.0
Total87297.217.36.711.127.1
  • *1=Wealthiest quintile, 5=least wealthy quintile.