European Health Survey LIMITATIONS OF ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING (ADLs) Difficulty in carrying out ADLs, according to type of activity, sex and age group. Population aged 16 years old and over. Units: thousands of persons Feeding oneself Sitting, standing up from a chair or from a bed, lying down Dressing and undressing oneself Using the lavatory Showering or washing oneself (whole body) Total No difficulty Some difficulty Severe difficulty Unable to do so by oneself No data recorded Total No difficulty Some difficulty Severe difficulty Unable to do so by oneself No data recorded Total No difficulty Some difficulty Severe difficulty Unable to do so by oneself No data recorded Total No difficulty Some difficulty Severe difficulty Unable to do so by oneself No data recorded Total No difficulty Some difficulty Severe difficulty Unable to do so by oneself No data recorded Both sexes Total 38,442.1 37,686.1 445.8 116.5 191.3 2.5 38,442.1 36,406.7 1,299.5 358.5 375.0 2.5 38,442.1 36,522.7 1,078.7 358.7 479.6 2.5 38,442.1 37,196.1 637.2 221.6 383.6 3.6 38,442.1 36,402.7 918.9 321.6 796.3 2.5 16 to 24 years old 4,456.8 4,434.2 5.2 0.0 17.4 0.0 4,456.8 4,438.3 0.8 0.0 17.8 0.0 4,456.8 4,432.2 7.2 0.0 17.4 0.0 4,456.8 4,438.1 0.0 0.0 18.7 0.0 4,456.8 4,426.6 8.9 0.0 21.2 0.0 25 to 34 years old 7,449.7 7,427.0 20.1 0.0 2.7 0.0 7,449.7 7,417.8 17.6 4.5 9.8 0.0 7,449.7 7,406.6 25.3 13.2 4.6 0.0 7,449.7 7,423.3 16.7 5.2 4.6 0.0 7,449.7 7,394.0 38.0 7.8 9.9 0.0 35 to 44 years old 7,622.9 7,602.0 10.4 5.0 5.4 0.0 7,622.9 7,561.4 48.4 7.8 5.3 0.0 7,622.9 7,560.5 45.3 6.9 10.2 0.0 7,622.9 7,590.3 19.9 9.9 2.8 0.0 7,622.9 7,570.8 31.1 4.9 16.1 0.0 45 to 54 years old 6,390.8 6,353.9 27.4 5.7 3.8 0.0 6,390.8 6,233.8 109.8 36.6 10.6 0.0 6,390.8 6,251.1 86.8 31.9 21.1 0.0 6,390.8 6,309.0 48.2 15.4 17.1 1.1 6,390.8 6,262.8 76.5 24.1 27.3 0.0 55 to 64 years old 4,966.7 4,912.7 31.0 16.3 6.6 0.0 4,966.7 4,682.0 213.3 60.4 11.0 0.0 4,966.7 4,728.0 182.2 31.4 25.2 0.0 4,966.7 4,860.1 65.4 24.3 16.9 0.0 4,966.7 4,782.9 101.6 33.5 48.7 0.0 65 to 74 years old 3,792.8 3,675.6 79.2 17.2 20.7 0.0 3,792.8 3,398.8 306.2 47.9 39.9 0.0 3,792.8 3,441.0 232.3 65.8 53.8 0.0 3,792.8 3,577.9 138.0 34.1 42.7 0.0 3,792.8 3,453.9 192.1 63.6 83.2 0.0 75 years old and over 3,762.5 3,280.6 272.5 72.2 134.6 2.5 3,762.5 2,674.6 603.4 201.3 280.7 2.5 3,762.5 2,703.4 499.6 209.6 347.4 2.5 3,762.5 2,997.5 349.1 132.7 280.7 2.5 3,762.5 2,511.7 470.6 187.8 589.9 2.5 Males Total 18,843.0 18,542.9 184.4 45.5 70.2 0.0 18,843.0 18,185.4 395.7 140.1 121.8 0.0 18,843.0 18,163.3 361.7 146.7 171.3 0.0 18,843.0 18,419.8 210.4 89.0 122.8 1.1 18,843.0 18,164.0 302.1 126.4 250.5 0.0 16 to 24 years old 2,280.0 2,258.2 4.4 0.0 17.4 0.0 2,280.0 2,261.5 0.8 0.0 17.8 0.0 2,280.0 2,258.8 3.8 0.0 17.4 0.0 2,280.0 2,261.3 0.0 0.0 18.7 0.0 2,280.0 2,257.3 1.5 0.0 21.2 0.0 25 to 34 years old 3,833.4 3,820.5 12.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 3,833.4 3,816.3 9.2 0.8 7.1 0.0 3,833.4 3,812.8 9.1 9.6 1.9 0.0 3,833.4 3,819.8 6.5 5.2 1.9 0.0 3,833.4 3,803.0 16.9 7.8 5.7 0.0 35 to 44 years old 3,899.7 3,890.4 9.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 3,899.7 3,875.8 21.6 0.8 1.5 0.0 3,899.7 3,870.1 22.9 0.8 5.8 0.0 3,899.7 3,880.9 12.4 6.3 0.0 0.0 3,899.7 3,880.2 12.3 1.4 5.8 0.0 45 to 54 years old 3,183.5 3,160.5 17.8 3.3 1.9 0.0 3,183.5 3,129.1 32.8 19.8 1.9 0.0 3,183.5 3,135.1 22.7 16.8 8.9 0.0 3,183.5 3,147.8 18.8 7.4 8.4 1.1 3,183.5 3,138.6 23.1 8.2 13.6 0.0 55 to 64 years old 2,411.1 2,381.6 17.4 8.8 3.4 0.0 2,411.1 2,298.8 77.5 30.0 4.8 0.0 2,411.1 2,310.3 67.2 18.7 14.8 0.0 2,411.1 2,362.4 29.4 15.2 4.2 0.0 2,411.1 2,339.1 31.8 21.5 18.7 0.0 65 to 74 years old 1,741.2 1,688.8 33.9 7.8 10.7 0.0 1,741.2 1,629.9 79.6 12.9 18.8 0.0 1,741.2 1,620.3 73.0 27.1 20.7 0.0 1,741.2 1,665.9 43.5 10.8 20.8 0.0 1,741.2 1,633.2 55.7 15.3 37.0 0.0 75 years old and over 1,494.1 1,342.9 88.8 25.6 36.8 0.0 1,494.1 1,174.1 174.2 75.9 70.0 0.0 1,494.1 1,155.9 162.9 73.6 101.8 0.0 1,494.1 1,281.7 99.7 44.0 68.7 0.0 1,494.1 1,112.7 160.8 72.2 148.4 0.0 Females Total 19,599.1 19,143.1 261.4 71.0 121.1 2.5 19,599.1 18,221.3 903.8 218.4 253.2 2.5 19,599.1 18,359.4 717.0 212.0 308.3 2.5 19,599.1 18,776.3 426.9 132.6 260.8 2.5 19,599.1 18,238.7 616.8 195.2 545.9 2.5 16 to 24 years old 2,176.8 2,176.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 2,176.8 2,176.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2,176.8 2,173.4 3.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 2,176.8 2,176.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2,176.8 2,169.3 7.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 25 to 34 years old 3,616.3 3,606.4 7.2 0.0 2.7 0.0 3,616.3 3,601.6 8.4 3.8 2.7 0.0 3,616.3 3,593.8 16.2 3.6 2.7 0.0 3,616.3 3,603.5 10.2 0.0 2.7 0.0 3,616.3 3,591.0 21.1 0.0 4.2 0.0 35 to 44 years old 3,723.2 3,711.7 1.2 5.0 5.4 0.0 3,723.2 3,685.6 26.8 6.9 3.8 0.0 3,723.2 3,690.4 22.4 6.1 4.4 0.0 3,723.2 3,709.3 7.5 3.5 2.8 0.0 3,723.2 3,690.6 18.8 3.5 10.3 0.0 45 to 54 years old 3,207.3 3,193.4 9.5 2.4 1.9 0.0 3,207.3 3,104.8 77.0 16.9 8.7 0.0 3,207.3 3,116.0 64.1 15.0 12.2 0.0 3,207.3 3,161.2 29.4 8.0 8.7 0.0 3,207.3 3,124.2 53.4 15.9 13.7 0.0 55 to 64 years old 2,555.6 2,531.2 13.7 7.5 3.2 0.0 2,555.6 2,383.2 135.8 30.5 6.2 0.0 2,555.6 2,417.7 114.9 12.6 10.4 0.0 2,555.6 2,497.7 36.0 9.1 12.8 0.0 2,555.6 2,443.8 69.8 12.0 30.0 0.0 65 to 74 years old 2,051.6 1,986.8 45.3 9.5 10.0 0.0 2,051.6 1,768.9 226.6 35.0 21.1 0.0 2,051.6 1,820.6 159.2 38.6 33.1 0.0 2,051.6 1,912.0 94.5 23.3 21.8 0.0 2,051.6 1,820.7 136.4 48.2 46.2 0.0 75 years old and over 2,268.3 1,937.6 183.8 46.6 97.8 2.5 2,268.3 1,500.4 429.2 125.4 210.8 2.5 2,268.3 1,547.5 336.8 136.0 245.6 2.5 2,268.3 1,715.8 249.4 88.7 212.0 2.5 2,268.3 1,399.0 309.8 115.6 441.5 2.5 Notes: 1) ADL= (Basic) Activities of Daily Living The symbol '.' shall be deemed as data which is not collected The symbol '..' shall be deemed as data which cannot be given due to an insufficient sample The symbol '...' shall be deemed as an error of division by zero The data corresponding to cells with fewer than 35 thousand persons must be considered with caution, as they may be affected by a high degree of sampling error. Source: National Statistics Institute