European Health Survey  
LIMITATIONS IN BASIC ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING
Highest level of difficulty to carry out any BADL by sex and age group. Population aged 65 years old and over.
Units: percentage

,TOTAL,Without difficulty,With  some difficulty,With a great deal of difficulty,Unable to do so,
Both sexes,
    TOTAL,100.00,79.26,9.30,4.22,7.21,
    From 65 to 69 years old,100.00,91.64,5.48,1.29,1.59,
    From 70 to 74 years old,100.00,88.92,7.71,2.20,1.17,
    From 75 to 79 years old,100.00,81.06,9.86,3.95,5.13,
    From 80 to 84 years old,100.00,69.41,13.29,5.67,11.63,
    Aged 85 years old and over,100.00,46.32,14.47,12.50,26.71,
Men,
    TOTAL,100.00,85.05,7.39,3.08,4.48,
    From 65 to 69 years old,100.00,94.19,3.10,0.74,1.97,
    From 70 to 74 years old,100.00,91.26,6.50,1.39,0.85,
    From 75 to 79 years old,100.00,84.29,9.02,2.91,3.78,
    From 80 to 84 years old,100.00,74.81,12.15,4.93,8.12,
    Aged 85 years old and over,100.00,61.21,11.72,11.13,15.94,
Women,
    TOTAL,100.00,74.80,10.77,5.10,9.32,
    From 65 to 69 years old,100.00,89.60,7.39,1.72,1.29,
    From 70 to 74 years old,100.00,86.60,8.90,3.01,1.49,
    From 75 to 79 years old,100.00,78.59,10.50,4.74,6.17,
    From 80 to 84 years old,100.00,65.85,14.04,6.16,13.94,
    Aged 85 years old and over,100.00,38.20,15.97,13.24,32.59,
Notes:
1) BADL= Basic Activities of Daily Living.
 Basic activities considered: feeding oneself, sitting down, getting up from a chair or from a bed, going to bed,  dressing and undressing, using the lavatory, taking a shower or a bath. 

 The symbol '.'  shall be deemed as datum which cannot be given due to an insufficient sample
 The symbol '..' shall be deemed as datum which 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