European Health Survey LIMITATIONS IN HOUSEHOLD ACTIVITIES Highest level of difficulty to perform some household activity by sex and age group. Population aged 65 years old and over. Units: thousands of persons TOTAL Without difficulty With Enough difficulty With a great deal of difficulty Unable to do so Haven't tried it or needed it Both sexes TOTAL 8,220.3 4,339.6 1,108.4 1,009.4 1,751.9 11.1 From 65 to 69 years old 2,376.9 1,731.8 263.1 191.4 190.5 0.0 From 70 to 74 years old 1,878.3 1,197.3 264.5 198.6 217.4 0.5 From 75 to 79 years old 1,469.0 740.1 229.5 199.0 299.1 1.3 From 80 to 84 years old 1,386.1 476.9 208.5 248.0 448.8 3.9 Aged 85 years old and over 1,110.1 193.5 142.8 172.3 596.0 5.4 Men TOTAL 3,575.1 2,357.5 396.1 328.8 488.5 4.1 From 65 to 69 years old 1,058.9 884.7 67.3 51.6 55.3 0.0 From 70 to 74 years old 935.4 699.4 87.3 74.7 73.5 0.5 From 75 to 79 years old 638.2 407.0 86.6 53.9 89.4 1.3 From 80 to 84 years old 551.1 242.9 94.7 78.2 134.6 0.7 Aged 85 years old and over 391.5 123.5 60.3 70.4 135.8 1.6 Women TOTAL 4,645.3 1,982.1 712.2 680.6 1,263.3 7.0 From 65 to 69 years old 1,318.1 847.1 195.8 139.8 135.3 0.0 From 70 to 74 years old 942.8 497.9 177.1 123.9 143.9 0.0 From 75 to 79 years old 830.8 333.1 142.9 145.1 209.7 0.0 From 80 to 84 years old 835.0 234.0 113.8 169.8 314.2 3.2 Aged 85 years old and over 718.5 70.0 82.5 101.9 460.2 3.8 Notes: 1) Household activities considered: preparing meals, using the telephone, shopping, take Medicines, household activities and money administration. The symbol '.' shall be deemed as data which cannot be given due to an insufficient sample The symbol '..' shall be deemed as information that is not collected for that classification in the table The data corresponding to cells with less 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