Table 6.4
Reported long-standing illness by sex and age, 1983 to 2007-08
All Persons aged 16+														Percentages
Sex and age	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	15	17	18	21	21	20	20	21	20	20	19	20	18	1,503
45-64	38	39	44	42	46	44	42	44	44	43	41	39	45	1,120
65-74	54	59	59	61	60	58	63	62	63	57	57	60	62	462
>=75	62	64	69	68	70	74	72	67	69	69	64	64	70	330
All Persons	29	31	33	35	36	35	35	36	35	35	34	34	38	3,415
Males
16-44	15	16	18	19	19	18	19	20	19	17	18	19	17	630
45-64	35	37	40	41	47	43	42	42	42	45	42	37	45	482
65-74	56	59	55	60	58	59	67	66	59	56	52	59	62	223
>=75	61	60	70	65	70	72	69	69	67	65	61	63	67	133
All Males	27	29	31	33	35	33	34	35	33	34	32	32	38	1,468
Females
16-44	15	17	19	22	23	21	21	22	21	22	21	20	19	873
45-64	40	41	47	43	45	44	42	45	45	42	41	41	45	638
65-74	53	59	63	61	62	57	60	60	67	59	62	61	62	239
>=75	63	66	69	70	69	75	75	66	71	72	66	65	72	197
All Females	31	32	35	37	37	36	36	37	37	36	36	35	38	1,947
					Source: Continuous Household Survey
Notes:
1Bases for earlier years are of a similar size
>=75 is equivalent to greater or equal to 75