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Table 3 Sex and age of survey respondents (%)

From: Changes of equality of medical service utilization in China between 1993 and 2018: findings from six waves of nationwide household interview survey

 

1993

1998

2003

2008

2013

2018

Urban

Sex

      

Female

51.0

50.9

51.0

51.5

51.2

51.3

Male

49.0

49.1

49.0

48.5

48.8

48.7

Age

      

 < 5

5.4

3.6

3.4

3.5

4.8

5.7

5 ~ 14

13.8

12.2

10.5

8.3

8.8

9.7

15 ~ 64

70.9

71.5

71.9

71.8

70.1

65.3

 ≥ 65

9.9

12.7

14.2

16.4

16.3

19.3

Rural

Sex

      

Female

49.3

48.6

49.0

49.5

49.8

50.0

Male

50.7

51.4

51.0

50.5

50.2

50.0

Age

      

 < 5

9.1

5.8

5.3

6.1

6.3

6.2

5 ~ 14

20.1

20.2

17.5

13.5

11.6

12.9

15 ~ 64

65.0

66.9

69.3

70.5

68.9

63.1

 ≥ 65

5.8

7.1

7.9

9.9

13.2

17.8

  1. Data source: the National Health Service Survey