| Table 7.5 | ||||||||||||
| Children Limiting Long-Standing Illness by Sex and Age, 1997-98 to 2007-08 | ||||||||||||
| All Children aged less than 16 | Percentages | |||||||||||
| 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-00 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | Base (2007-08) =100%1 | |
| All | ||||||||||||
| 0- 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 358 |
| 4- 7 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 304 |
| 8-11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 342 |
| 12-15 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 311 |
| All children | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1,315 |
| Males | ||||||||||||
| 0- 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 165 |
| 4- 7 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 158 |
| 8-11 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 188 |
| 12-15 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 151 |
| All male children | 10 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 662 |
| Females | ||||||||||||
| 0- 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 193 |
| 4- 7 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 146 |
| 8-11 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 154 |
| 12-15 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 160 |
| All female children | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 653 |
| Source: Continuous Household Survey | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | ||||||||||||
| 1Bases for earlier years are of a similar size | ||||||||||||