Table 6.5
Reported limiting long-standing illness by sex and age, 1983 to 2007-08
All Persons aged 16+														Percentages
Sex and age	Limiting long-standing Illness
	1983	1991-92	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
Total
16-44	9	11	12	13	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	10	2,029
45-64	27	27	33	31	35	34	31	32	32	31	29	29	30	1,352
65-74	43	46	46	48	45	43	47	46	46	42	42	41	46	519
>=75	54	51	58	54	56	59	58	55	56	54	53	51	57	371
All Persons	21	22	25	25	27	26	25	26	25	25	25	24	25	4,271
Males
16-44	9	10	11	12	12	11	13	12	12	10	12	12	10	941
45-64	26	26	29	31	36	33	31	32	30	33	29	28	28	626
65-74	44	44	42	47	43	42	49	45	41	41	36	41	45	253
>=75	54	44	59	51	57	58	54	55	55	46	51	46	53	154
All Males	20	20	22	24	26	24	24	24	23	24	22	23	23	1,974
Females
16-44	10	11	13	14	16	15	14	15	14	15	15	13	11	1,088
45-64	29	28	36	32	33	34	32	32	33	30	30	30	32	726
65-74	43	48	50	48	47	44	45	47	49	44	48	42	46	266
>=75	55	55	57	56	55	60	61	54	57	60	54	53	60	217
All Females	23	23	27	27	28	27	26	27	27	27	27	25	26	2,297
					Source: Continuous Household Survey
Notes:
1Bases for earlier years are of a similar size
>=75 is equivalent to greater or equal to 75