Table 1—

Sex and age distribution in the 65–85 yrs age group of the reference sample and the total population

Age yrsAnalysed sampleTotal population#
MFMF
65–6964 (14.0)100 (21.8)15.920.6
70–7455 (12.0)68 (14.8)12.017.4
75–8031 (6.8)75 (16.4)7.312.8
80–8529 (6.3)36 (7.9)4.69.5
Total179 (39.1)279 (60.9)39.860.2
  • Data are presented as n (%) and %

  • M: males

  • F: females

  • #: per cent of 466,958 habitants