STATISTIK AUSTRIA - Health Impairments

Problems with functional activities (with and without aid) by age and sex in percent (multiple choises possible)
Problems	Stick/aid	Men		Women
Problems	Stick/aid	60 to 75 years	75 years and older	60 to 75 years	75 years and older
With walking	with	6.9	27.8	8.4	43.6
	without	3.1	12.2	3.9	15.3
	not available	0.4	0.8	0.4	2.2
With climbing stairs	with	7.2	26.7	10.2	42.3
	without	2.7	8.7	3.0	14.3
	not available	0.9	1.2	0.9	2.2
With dexterity	with	2.0	8.0	2.5	9.4
	without	0.7	2.9	0.8	2.6
	not available	0.6	1.5	0.9	3.4
With wrist rotation	with	1.7	6.8	4.1	8.4
With wrist rotation	without	0.6	4.2	1.1	2.5
	not available	0.5	2.0	0.2	1.9
With biting and chewing		11.6	28.3	13.5	32.1
With putting forth one's hand and shaking		0.9	2.7	1.0	2.7
With bending and kneeling down		22.6	39.3	25.8	58.3
With carrying a full bag		8.6	28.2	21.2	57.0
S: STATISTICS AUSTRIA, Health Interview Surey 2006/07. Compiled on 21 August 2007.