Table 2 Health status and chronic conditions of the sample (N = 4,400)
From: Health status and health services utilization in elderly Koreans
| Â | Female | Male | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | ||
Health status | Â | Â | Â | Â | < 0.01 |
 Poor/very poor | 1,182 | 29.3 | 589 | 14.5 |  |
 Fair | 874 | 21.6 | 681 | 16.9 | |
 Good/very good | 300 | 7.4 | 414 | 10.2 | |
Presence of chronic diseases | Â | Â | Â | Â | < 0. 01 |
 Yes | 629 | 15.6 | 301 | 7.4 |  |
 No | 1,727 | 42.7 | 1,383 | 34.2 |  |
Chronic conditions | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Hypertension | 140 | 5.7 | 86 | 3.5 | < 0.05 |
 Stroke | 23 | 0.6 | 32 | 0.8 | < 0.01 |
 Heart disease | 43 | 1.1 | 28 | 0.8 | |
 Arthritis | 178 | 5.9 | 50 | 1.6 | < 0.01 |
 Diabetes | 57 | 1.7 | 38 | 1.1 | |
 Lung problems | 10 | 0.3 | 20 | 0.5 | < 0.01 |
 Liver problems | 7 | 0.2 | 10 | 0.2 |  |
 Mental problems | 28 | 0.7 | 13 | 0.3 | |
 Cancer | 13 | 0.3 | 28 | 0.7 | < 0.01 |
 Uracratia | 262 | 13.8 | - | - | |
 Prostate | - | - | 57 | 3.7 | |