{"slug": "ehis-eight-elderly", "title": "EHIS 2008 \u2013 Health Status of the Elderly", "pdfUrl": "https://dhir.gov.mt/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ehis_eight__elderly.pdf", "sourcePage": "https://dhir.gov.mt/en/surveys/european-health-interview-survey-2008-his-2008/", "group": "Survey", "topic": "European Health Interview Survey 2008 His 2008", "tables": [{"caption": "Table 1: Little People/Home Trends by Mellieha Holiday Complex, Digital Planet", "header": ["Little People/Home Trends", "Mellieha Holiday Complex", "Digital Planet"], "rows": [["Europharma Medical Centre", "Calypso Hotel", "Michael & Guy"], ["Alf Mizzi & Sons", "JB Stores", "Vernon\u2019s"], ["Zammit & Cachia", "Bristow", "A. Falzon Energy Projects"], ["AIRMALTA", "Cornucopia Hotel", "Kekoo Modi"], ["CAA", "Jokate", "The Plaza Hotel"], ["Chemimart", "Azzopardi Fisheries", "The Victoria Hotel"], ["Corinthia Group of Companies", "Unicare", "Petrolea Ltd"], ["Tip Top Ltd.", "GO Mobile", "Ramis"], ["St. Lucia Confectionary", "Klikk", "Eden Superbowl"], ["Merlin Library", "Cynergi Health & Fitness Club", "Topaz Hotel"]]}, {"caption": "Table 1: Top causes of mortality amongst elderly females in 2008", "header": ["Cause of death", "ICD 10code", "60-74", "75-84", "85 andover", "Total", "% of totaldeaths"], "rows": [["Ischaemic heart disease", "I20-I25", "63", "134", "104", "301", "21.0"], ["Cerebrovascular disease(including stroke)", "I60-I69", "22", "72", "79", "173", "12.1"], ["Other heart diseases", "I26-I51", "20", "48", "38", "106", "7.4"], ["Diabetes mellitus", "E10-E14", "25", "43", "18", "86", "6.0"], ["Dementia", "F01-F03", "5", "28", "40", "73", "5.1"], ["Chest infection", "J12-J22", "8", "29", "52", "89", "6.2"], ["Cancer of the breast", "C50", "29", "11", "13", "53", "3.7"], ["Cancer of the colon, rectum andanus", "C18-C21", "21", "18", "8", "47", "3.3"], ["Falls", "W00-W19", "1", "15", "13", "29", "2.0"], ["Cancer of the pancreas", "C25", "11", "9", "9", "29", "2.0"], ["All other causes", "", "138", "171", "140", "449", "31.3"], ["Total", "", "343", "578", "514", "1435", ""]]}, {"caption": "Table 2: Top causes of mortality amongst elderly males in 2008", "header": ["Cause of death", "ICD 10 code", "60-74", "75-84", "85 andover", "Total", "% of totaldeaths"], "rows": [["Ischaemic heart disease", "I20-I25", "117", "127", "75", "319", "23.3"], ["Cerebrovascular disease(including stroke)", "I60-I69", "23", "60", "49", "132", "9.6"], ["Cancer of the trachea, bronchus& lung", "C34", "60", "37", "10", "107", "7.8"], ["Chronic lower respiratorydiseases (including chronicbronchitis, asthma andemphysema", "J40-J47", "19", "30", "20", "69", "5.0"], ["Diabetes mellitus", "E10-E14", "24", "20", "14", "58", "4.2"], ["Chest infection", "J12-J22", "11", "18", "31", "60", "4.4"], ["Other heart diseases", "I26-I51", "13", "26", "14", "53", "3.9"], ["Cancer of th e colon, rectum andanus", "C18-C21", "27", "20", "2", "49", "3.6"], ["Cancer of the prostate", "C61", "14", "9", "11", "34", "2.5"], ["Dementia", "F01-F03", "8", "11", "15", "34", "2.5"], ["Cancer of the pancreas", "C25", "19", "11", "4", "34", "2.5"], ["All other causes", "", "164", "171", "87", "422", "30.8"], ["Total", "", "499", "540", "332", "1371", ""]]}, {"caption": "Table 3: Percentage of elderly population living within institutions by age groups", "header": ["Age", "Private", "Institutional", "Total", "% in institutions"], "rows": [["60 - 74", "53279", "1244", "54523", "2.3"], ["75 - 84", "16467", "1837", "18304", "10.0"], ["85+", "3231", "1376", "4607", "29.9"], ["Total", "72977", "4457", "77434", "5.8"]]}, {"caption": "Table 4: Morbidity rates amongst the elderly population subdivided by age", "header": ["", "% of total \u2265 60", "", "% of those 60 - 74", "% of those 75 - 84", "% of those 85+"], "rows": [["High Blood Pressure", "46.0", "", "45.1", "50.6", "37.0"], ["Arthritis", "40.0", "", "36.9", "47.9", "45.7"], ["Back or Neck Pain", "26.7", "", "26.8", "29.0", "13.0"], ["Diabetes", "20.3", "", "19.7", "22.2", "19.6"], ["Mental Health Problems", "17.9", "", "16.1", "21.3", "28.9"], ["Cataract", "16.4", "", "10.5", "29.7", "37.0"], ["Cardiac Problems", "13.3", "", "11.7", "15.8", "23.9"], ["Respiratory Problems", "11.8", "", "10.9", "15.7", "6.5"], ["Urinary Incontinence", "8.7", "", "7.3", "12.1", "13.3"], ["Stomach Ulcer", "6.7", "", "6.6", "6.6", "8.7"], ["Osteoporosis", "5.3", "", "5.8", "4.2", "2.2"], ["Cancer", "3.8", "", "3.6", "4.6", "2.2"], ["Stroke", "2.8", "", "2.4", "2.5", "10.9"]]}, {"caption": "Table 5: Percentage of elderly females having extreme difficulty with sensory function subdivided by age", "header": ["Females", "60 - 74", "75 - 84", "85+"], "rows": [["% with extreme difficulty seeing newspaper print", "6.0", "12.5", "38.5"], ["% with extreme difficulty seeing someone's face from 4 metres away", "5.5", "10.6", "15.4"], ["% with extreme difficulty hearing what is said in a conversation with several people", "1.6", "11.0", "15.4"]]}, {"caption": "Table 6: Percentage of elderly males having extreme difficulty with sensory functioning subdivided by age", "header": ["Males", "60 - 74", "75 - 84", "85+"], "rows": [["% with extreme difficulty seeing newspaper print", "5.5", "11.5", "47.4"], ["% with extreme difficulty seeing someone's face from 4 metres away", "3.0", "9.4", "30.0"], ["% with extreme difficulty hearing what is said in a conversation with several people", "2.7", "12.5", "25.0"]]}, {"caption": "Table 7: Percentage of elderly females having difficulty or extreme difficulty with ADL's", "header": ["Females", "% of  those 60 - 74", "% of those 75 - 84", "% of those 85+"], "rows": [["Feeding yourself", "1.0", "1.4", "4.2"], ["Getting in and out of a bed/chair", "1.6", "3.5", "13.6"], ["Dressing/undressing", "1.1", "2.8", "10.0"], ["Using toilets", "0.5", "2.8", "5.3"], ["Bathing/showering", "0.8", "2.9", "20.0"]]}, {"caption": "Table 8: Percentage of elderly males having difficulty or extreme difficulty with ADL's", "header": ["Males", "% of those 60 - 74", "% of those 75 - 84", "% of those 85+"], "rows": [["Feeding yourself", "0.3", "2.1", "0.0"], ["Getting in and out of a bed/chair", "0.3", "1.0", "5.3"], ["Dressing/undressing", "0.3", "0.0", "0.0"], ["Using toilets", "0.3", "0.0", "10.5"], ["Bathing/showering", "0.3", "1.1", "11.1"]]}, {"caption": "Table 9: Percentage of elderly females having difficulty or extreme difficulty with IADL's", "header": ["Females", "% of those 60 - 74", "% of those 75 - 84", "% of those 85+"], "rows": [["Preparing meals", "1.3", "6.3", "11.8"], ["Using the telephone", "0.5", "2.9", "5.3"], ["Shopping", "1.9", "5.7", "21.4"], ["Managing medication", "0.5", "3.1", "33.3"], ["Light housework", "1.1", "6.5", "21.1"], ["Occasional heavy housework", "7.7", "18.6", "53.8"], ["Taking care of finances", "0.8", "7.3", "16.7"]]}, {"caption": "Table 10: Percentage of elderly males having difficulty or extreme difficulty with IADL's", "header": ["Males", "% of those 60 - 74", "% of those 75 - 84", "% of those 85+"], "rows": [["Preparing meals", "1.9", "8.0", "18.8"], ["Using the telephone", "0.6", "2.1", "11.8"], ["Shopping", "2.2", "9.6", "35.7"], ["Managing medication", "0.6", "5.5", "11.8"], ["Light housework", "1.3", "5.7", "17.6"], ["Occasional heavy housework", "4.8", "11.0", "33.3"], ["Taking care of finances", "0.3", "3.3", "14.3"]]}, {"caption": "Table 11: Fruit consumption amongst the elderly population subdivided by age", "header": ["", "60 - 74", "75 - 84", "85+", "Total"], "rows": [["At least once a day (%)", "83.2", "85.2", "76.1", "83.3"], ["At least once a week (%)", "12.4", "10.7", "23.9", "12.5"], ["Less than once a week (%)", "2.5", "2.0", "0.0", "2.3"], ["Never (%)", "1.9", "2.0", "0.0", "1.9"]]}, {"caption": "Table 12: Vegetable consumption amongst the elderly population subdivided by age", "header": ["", "60 - 74", "75 - 84", "85+", "Total"], "rows": [["At least once a day (%)", "56.1", "56.8", "52.2", "56.1"], ["At least once a week (%)", "36.9", "33.3", "39.1", "36.1"], ["Less than once a week (%)", "5.4", "4.9", "4.3", "5.3"], ["Never (%)", "1.7", "4.9", "4.3", "2.6"]]}, {"caption": "Table 13: Smoking amongst the elderly population subdivided by age", "header": ["", "60 - 74", "75 - 84", "85+", "Total"], "rows": [["Yes daily (%)", "14.7", "7.4", "0.0", "12.2"], ["Yes occasionally (%)", "1.7", "0.8", "2.2", "1.5"], ["Not at all (%)", "83.7", "91.8", "97.8", "86.3"]]}, {"caption": "Table 14: Medication consumption amongst the elderly population subdivided by age", "header": ["", "% of total \u2265 60", "", "% of those 60 - 74", "% of those 75 - 84", "% of those 85+"], "rows": [["High blood pressure", "38.7", "", "34.9", "49.6", "39.1"], ["High blood cholesterol", "18.2", "", "19.9", "15.2", "8.7"], ["Diabetes", "15.5", "", "13.8", "20.5", "15.2"], ["Stroke/heart attack/othercardiovascular disease", "13.6", "", "12.1", "16.4", "21.7"], ["Mental health problems", "12.4", "", "18.2", "19.2", "14.3"], ["Joint pain (arthritis/arthrosis)", "10.9", "", "10.6", "11.9", "10.9"], ["Sleep difficulties", "8.0", "", "6.0", "12.7", "15.2"], ["Neck or back pain", "7.7", "", "7.9", "8.2", "2.2"], ["Stomach problems", "6.7", "", "5.7", "7.8", "17.4"], ["Osteoporosis", "3.8", "", "4.0", "3.7", "0.0"], ["Cancer", "0.6", "", "0.6", "0.8", "0.0"], ["Respiratory problems", "0.5", "", "0.3", "1.2", "0.0"]]}]}