Changes over time in activity limitations, pain and musculoskeletal morbidity
| Starting period | Change from start to end period | ||||
| Period | Prevalence | End period | Raw change | Adj. change* (95% CI) | |
| Activity limitations | |||||
| Problems walking about | 1994–1996 | 11.5% | 2011–2014 | 1.0% | 0.4% (−0.6% to 1.3%) |
| Any locomotor limitation | 1994–1996 | 6.8% | 2001–2003 | 1.1% | 0.9% (0.1% to 1.7%) |
| Probs. washing/dressing | 1994–1996 | 3.4% | 2011–2014 | 0.6% | 0.3% (−0.2% to 0.9%) |
| Any self-care limitation | 1994–1996 | 3.9% | 2001–2003 | 0.8% | 0.7% (0.1% to 1.3%) |
| Musculoskeletal/pain | |||||
| Pain-any | 1994–1996 | 32.0% | 2011–2014 | −2.2% | −3.3% (−4.6% to −2.0%) |
| Pain-extreme | 1994–1996 | 3.0% | 2011–2014 | 0.4% | 0.2% (−0.3% to 0.7%) |
| Arthritis LSI | 1994–1996 | 5.3% | 2011–2014 | −0.3% | −0.7% (−1.4% to 0.0%) |
| Other musculoskeletal LSI | 1994–1996 | 9.7% | 2011–2014 | −0.5% | −0.8% (−1.7% to 0.1%) |
See table 1 for details on LSI.
*‘Adj.’=adjusted for changing age and sex distribution of the working-age population.
LSI, longstanding illness.