Table 1

Weighted baseline socio-demographic and intrinsic fall risk characteristics, and self-reported falling at the 2-year follow-up interview, of persons from 12 countries in the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe, 2010–2013.

	Switzerland	Denmark	Sweden	Austria	Italy	Netherlands	Germany	Belgium	Estonia	France	Spain	Czech Republic
	n=1386	n=873	n=1009	n=1983	n=1423	n=1092	n=591	n=1805	n=2917	n=1893	n=1559	n=2065
Age, mean±SD*	73.9±6.8	73.3±6.9	73.9±7.3	74.2±6.9	74.4±6.6	73.8±6.9	74.6±6.5	74.7±6.9	74.0±6.4	75.1±7.1	74.7±7.0	73.0±6.6
Women, %†	55.8	54.2	53.6	57.5	57.3	55.3	55.2	58.3	67.9	58.3	58.0	59.0
Low education, %†‡	28.2	23.8	51.2	29.9	81.4	56.7	17.9	51.3	41.8	57.3	90.1	46.6
Living alone, %†	36.6	38.8	42.7	38.0	27.4	41.0	38.4	34.1	43.0	38.6	26.0	32.3
Less than good SRH, %†‡	19.8	24.4	33.6	35.1	53.5	32.1	45.5	33.7	78.6	44.7	56.4	48.8
Mobility limitation(s), %†‡	18.3	24.7	26.3	42.5	52.8	26.2	37.2	37.5	43.6	40.3	49.6	47.6
ADL limitation(s), %†‡	8.2	9.6	12.2	14.5	16.0	8.0	18.8	20.0	19.9	15.6	17.9	12.4
Dizziness, %†‡	6.9	11.3	10.6	11.2	14.5	10.7	11.0	11.1	22.2	10.4	15.3	10.8
Impaired vision, %†‡	10.6	9.5	8.3	9.6	27.7	10.6	10.2	14.2	32.0	16.4	34.4	14.8
Depression, %†‡	17.9	13.7	19.4	21.6	37.7	18.3	24.1	29.9	43.6	34.0	41.0	25.9
Impaired cognition, %†‡	4.4	7.0	6.7	9.2	28.1	9.9	9.4	13.0	10.2	13.6	38.7	8.0
Baseline falling, %†‡§	3.1	4.5	5.6	7.0	5.1	4.5	4.9	6.5	7.3	7.7	9.8	6.6
Falling at follow-up, %†‡§	7.9	9.1	9.4	9.5	11.0	11.5	11.8	12.8	13.9	14.9	16.2	16.2
95% CI	6.6 to 9.4	7.3 to 11.1	7.8 to 11.4	8.3 to 10.9	9.5 to 12.8	9.8 to 13.6	9.5 to 14.7	11.3 to 14.4	12.7 to 15.2	13.4 to 16.6	14.5 to 18.1	14.7 to 17.9

p-value<0.001, based on *t test and †χ² test.
‡Missing N for variables: education=340; SRH=35; mobility=30; ADL=34; dizziness=37; vision=50; depression=480; cognition=397; falling=55.
§Reporting one or more falls within the 6 months prior to the interview.
ADL, activities of daily living; SRH, self-rated health.