Changes over time in other morbidity measures
| Starting period | Change from start to end period | ||||
| Period | Prevalence | End period | Raw change | Adj. change* (Adj. change 95% CI) | |
| Other biomarkers | |||||
| Raised C-reactive protein | 1997–2000 | 21.4% | 2008–2010 | 2.1% | 1.9% (−0.7% to 4.5%) |
| Raised fibrinogen | 1997–2000 | 2.3% | 2008–2010 | 1.6% | 1.5% (0.3% to 2.6%) |
| Anaemia | 1994–1996 | 6.7% | 2008–2010 | −1.4% | −1.4% (−2.7% to −0.1%) |
| Iron deficiency | 1994–1996 | 39.9% | 2008–2010 | −12.9% | −12.5% (−14.8% to −10.2%) |
| Sensory and communication | |||||
| LSI eye or ear | 1994–1996 | 2.8% | 2011–2014 | −0.9% | −1.0% (−1.5% to −0.6%) |
| Hearing limitation | 1994–1996 | 4.3% | 2001–2003 | −1.5% | −1.6% (−2.1% to −1.0%) |
| Seeing limitation | 1994–1996 | 1.4% | 2001–2003 | −0.2% | −0.2% (−0.6% to 0.1%) |
| Communicating limitation | 1994–1996 | 1.0% | 2001–2003 | 0.1% | 0.1% (−0.2% to 0.4%) |
See table 1 for details on LSI.
*‘Adj.’=adjusted for changing age and sex distribution of the working-age population.
LSI, longstanding illness.