Health Status

Male

Female

Total

%

Chi-square for male-female differences

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

Physical health problem

481

73.2

534

79.8

76.5

0.005*

Physical pain

281

58.3

333

62.4

60.4

0.656

Respiratory problem

186

38.7

204

38.2

38.4

0.879

Blood pressure

102

21.2

119

22.3

21.8

0.678

Diabetes

34

7.1

38

7.1

7.1

0.977

Gastritis

142

29.5

207

38.8

34.4

0.002*

Asthma

34

7.1

51

9.6

8.4

0.154

Heart

22

4.6

38

7.1

5.9

0.086

Teeth

100

20.8

107

20.0

20.4

0.766

Eye

142

29.5

156

29.2

29.4

0.914

Kidney/urinary

38

7.9

28

5.2

6.5

0.087

Uric acid

29

6.0

17

3.2

4.5

0.030

Dementia/Alzheimer’s¹

62

12.9

77

11.5

13.7

0.479

Cancer

2

0.4

2

0.4

0.4

0.917

Physical Disability

103

15.7

90

13.5

14.6

0.251

Hearing disability

50

7.6

36

5.4

6.5

0.099

Visual disability

47

7.2

53

7.9

7.5

0.596

Mobility disability

32

4.9

30

4.5

4.7

0.739

Other disability

3

0.5

2

0.3

0.4

0.640

Mental Health problem

314

47.9

383

57.2

52.6

0.001*

Insecurity feeling

106

16.1

141

21.1

35.4

0.384

Boredom feeling

213

32.4

295

44.1

38.3

0.005*

Loneliness

205

31.2

294

43.9

37.6

0.001*

Anxiety/stress

267

40.6

344

51.4

46.1

0.004*

Neglect

98

14.9

142

21.2

18.1

0.099

Sadness/depression

123

18.7

176

26.3

22.5

0.067

Other

15

2.3

10

1.5

3.6

0.128