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Table 3 HL score and categories by sex, age, level of education and type of insurance

From: Health literacy in an urban elderly East-German population – results from the population-based CARLA study

  

Number (%)

Mean (SD)

 

HL Score Categories

Inadequate (0–25)

Problematic (>25–33)

Sufficient (>33–42)

Excellent (>42)

HL Score

Total

 

45 (4.4 %)

234 (22.7 %)

519 (50.2 %)

235 (22.8 %)

36.9 (6.9)

Sex

Male

18 (3.3 %)

108 (19.6 %)

286 (52.0 %)

138 (25.1 %)

37.6 (6.6)

Female

27 (5.6 %)

126 (26.1 %)

233 (48.2 %)

97 (20.1 %)

36.2 (7.1)

Age

<60 years

12 (7.6 %)

38 (24.2 %)

78 (49.7 %)

29 (18.5 %)

35.6 (7.2)

60 to <70 years

13 (3.4 %)

104 (27.3 %)

186 (48.8 %)

78 (20.5 %)

36.5 (6.5)

70 to <80 years

16 (4.6 %)

67 (19.4 %)

180 (52.0 %)

83 (24.0 %)

37.4 (6.9)

≥80 years

4 (2.7 %)

25 (16.8 %)

75 (50.3 %)

45 (30.2 %)

38.3 (7.3)

Level of education

Low

11 (22.9 %)

11 (22.9 %)

21 (43.8)

5 (10.4 %)

32.4 (9.2)

Medium

22 (3.6)

138 (22.4 %)

308 (50.0 %)

148 (24.0 %)

37.2 (6.7)

High

12 (3.6 %)

76 (22.6 %)

171 (50.9 %)

77 (22.9 %)

37.2 (6.7)

Health insurance

Statutory

43 (4.4 %)

224 (22.7 %)

496 (50.4 %)

222 (22.5 %)

36.9 (6.9)

Private

2 (4.6 %)

9 (20.5 %)

22 (50.0 %)

11 (25.0 %)

37.4 (6.5)