Table 1 |
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MRC-CFAS Cambridge 65–69 years cohorts 1991/2 and 1996/7: Sociodemography |
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1991/92 n (%) |
1996/97 n (%) |
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Total |
689 (100) |
687 (100) |
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Gender |
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Males |
343 (49.8) |
325 (47.3) |
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Females |
346 (50.2) |
362 (52.7) |
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Age |
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64 |
17 (2.5) |
26 (3.8) |
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65 |
137 (19.9) |
140 (20.4) |
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66 |
150 (21.8) |
131 (19.1) |
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67 |
133 (19.3) |
131 (19.1) |
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68 |
139 (20.2) |
145 (21.1) |
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69 |
101 (14.7) |
111 (16.2) |
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70 |
12 (1.7) |
3 (0.4) |
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Living status |
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Alone |
155 (22.5) |
138 (20.1) |
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With spouse |
475 (68.9) |
495 (72.1) |
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With others |
55 (8.0) |
51 (7.4) |
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Institution |
4 (0.6) |
3 (0.4) |
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Marital status |
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Married/cohabiting |
495 (71.8) |
522 (76.0) |
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Single |
44 (6.4) |
42 (6.1) |
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Widowed |
122 (17.7) |
96 (14.0) |
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Divorced/separated |
28 (4.1) |
27 (3.9) |
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Education |
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12+ years |
72 (10.5) |
104 (15.2) |
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10 – 11 years |
151 (22.0) |
123 (18.0) |
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0 – 9 years |
465 (67.6) |
457 (66.8) |
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Social class |
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I & II |
244 (35.4) |
204 (27.7) |
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III |
285 (41.4) |
302 (44.0) |
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IV & V |
145 (21.0) |
166 (24.2) |
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Armed forces/missing |
15 (2.2) |
14 (2.0) |
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Smoking status |
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Never smoker |
189 (27.5) |
241 (35.1) |
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Ex smoker |
333 (48.4) |
325 (47.3) |
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Current smoker |
166 (24.1) |
121 (17.6) |
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*I & II: Professional & managerial or technical; III: Manual & non-manual; IV & V: Partly & unskilled |
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Jagger et al. BMC Public Health 2007 7:156 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-7-156 |
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