Services for Older Persons in Hong Kong 2002
IV. Health Condition of Older
Persons
(Sources: "Socio-demographic, health and economic profiles of elderly
people and soon-to-be old people" from Special Topics Report No. 27,
Census and Statistics Department,2000)
Cognitive Impairment
| Level of Cognitive Impairment | 60-64 | 65-69 | 70-74 | >=75 | Total |
| Level 1: no mental impairment | 95.6% | 91.2 % | 92.1 % | 77.5 % | 88.9 % |
| Level 2: Sometimes Confused | 3.2 % | 7.6 % | 5.6 % | 12.4 % | 7.3 % |
| Level 3 : Always confused but not disruptive to others | 0.6 % | 0.9 % | 1.5 % | 4 % | 1.8 % |
| Level 4: Always confused and disruptive to others | 0.6 % | 0.3 % | 0.8 % | 6.2 % | 2 % |
Physical Impairment
| Level of Physical Impairment | 60-64 | 65-69 | 70-74 | >=75 | Total |
| Level 1: can perform all the ADLs independently | 99.8% | 99.4 % | 97.4 % | 92 % | 97.1 % |
| Level 2: cannot perform 1-2 items of ADLs independently | 0.2 % | 0.4 % | 2.1 % | 4.5 % | 1.8 % |
| Level 3: cannot perform 3-4 items of ADLs independently | 0.1 % | 0.3 % | 1.7% | 0.5 % | |
| Level 4: cannot perform 5-6 items of ADLs independently | 0.1 % | 0.2 % | 1.8 % | 0.6 % |
Level of Care
| Level of Care | 60-64 | 65-69 | 70-74 | >=75 | Total |
| Level 0: No need for caregiving | 99.2 % | 97 % | 95.4 % | 80.9 % | 93 % |
| Level 1: Elders receiving informal care from caregiver who was not an employed person and was living with home/her | 0.5 % | 1.3 % | 2.1 % | 8.9 % | 3.3 % |
| Level 2: Same as level 1 except that the caregiver had a part time job | 0.3 % | 0.3 % | 0.3 % | 1 % | 0.4 % |
| Level 3: Same as level 1 except that the caregiver had a full time job | 0.6 % | 1.1 % | 5.1% | 1.8 % | |
| Level 4: Elders receiving informal care from a caregiver who was not living with him/ her | 0.6% | 0.8 % | 2.5 % | 1 % | |
Level 5: Elders who was not receiving any informal care and was living alone |
0.1 % | 0.2 % | 1.5 % | 0.5 % |
Older Persons Suffering from Chronic Illness
| Hypertension : | 47.2 % | Gout | : 6.1 % |
| Arthritis : | 40.6 % | Apoplexy : | 3.5 % |
| Eye diseases : | 23.9 % | Nephralgia : | 2.1 % |
| Diabetes : | 20.9 % | Cancer : | 2 % |
| High cholesterol : | 17.9 % | Senile dementia | 0.8 % |
| Heart disease : | 15.9 % | Parkinson's disease : | 0.7 % |
| Tracheitis : | 10.6 % | Elderly depression : | 0.4 % |
| Gastric diseases : | 10.1 % | Others : | 8.8 % |
Number of Chronic Illness of Older Persons
| Yes : | 71.8 % |
| - 1 : | 30.1 % |
| - 2 : | 20 % |
| - 3 : | 11.8 % |
| - 4 : | 5.4 % |
| - 5 : | 2.5 % |
| - 6 : | 2 % |
| No : | 28.2 % |
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