Table 1. Baseline sociodemographic, social network, and lifestyle factors, and health status in Komochi Village (rural) and the downtown district of Isesaki City (urban).
| Variable or characteristics | Rural | Urban | ||||||
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| No. of subjects |
% | No. of deaths |
% | No. of subjects |
% | No. of deaths |
% | |
| Age | ||||||||
| 40-49 years | 968 | 42.4 | 18 | 13.7 | 1018 | 30.7 | 21 | 10.1 |
| 50-59 years | 700 | 30.7 | 35 | 26.7 | 1124 | 33.9 | 57 | 27.5 |
| 60-69 years | 614 | 26.9 | 78 | 59.5 | 1173 | 35.4 | 129 | 62.3 |
| Occupation | ||||||||
| Salaried worker | 1129 | 52.1 | 44 | 35.8 | 1827 | 56.5 | 115 | 58.1 |
| Self-employed | 522 | 24.1 | 37 | 30.1 | 1232 | 38.1 | 65 | 32.8 |
| Agriculture and forestry | 467 | 21.5 | 36 | 29.3 | 25 | 0.8 | 2 | 1.0 |
| No occupation | 50 | 2.3 | 6 | 4.9 | 147 | 4.5 | 16 | 8.1 |
| Education | ||||||||
| Junior college and college or higher | 261 | 11.9 | 3 | 2.5 | 795 | 25.1 | 36 | 18.3 |
| Except above | 1929 | 88.1 | 119 | 97.5 | 2377 | 74.9 | 161 | 81.7 |
| Marriage | ||||||||
| Married | 1819 | 87.4 | 94 | 82.5 | 2757 | 86.2 | 170 | 84.2 |
| Except above | 263 | 12.6 | 20 | 17.5 | 441 | 13.8 | 32 | 15.8 |
| Household | ||||||||
| Alone | 48 | 2.2 | 3 | 2.4 | 158 | 4.9 | 13 | 6.4 |
| 2 | 363 | 16.3 | 38 | 29.9 | 831 | 25.8 | 78 | 38.4 |
| 3 | 459 | 20.6 | 22 | 17.3 | 781 | 24.3 | 56 | 27.6 |
| 4 | 481 | 21.6 | 21 | 16.5 | 676 | 21.0 | 32 | 15.8 |
| 5 | 357 | 16.1 | 11 | 8.7 | 404 | 12.6 | 10 | 4.9 |
| 6 | 300 | 13.5 | 17 | 13.4 | 260 | 8.1 | 8 | 3.9 |
| More than 7 | 216 | 9.7 | 15 | 11.8 | 109 | 3.4 | 6 | 3.0 |
| Relatives | ||||||||
| Often, sometimes | 1099 | 68.6 | 78 | 72.9 | 1770 | 71.7 | 127 | 74.3 |
| A few, never | 502 | 31.4 | 29 | 27.1 | 698 | 28.3 | 44 | 25.7 |
| Friends | ||||||||
| Yes | 1393 | 63.5 | 77 | 64.2 | 1797 | 56.2 | 111 | 56.1 |
| No | 800 | 36.5 | 43 | 35.8 | 1398 | 43.8 | 87 | 43.9 |
| Participation | ||||||||
| Yes | 1582 | 72.0 | 73 | 61.9 | 2338 | 72.9 | 124 | 62.9 |
| No | 616 | 28.0 | 45 | 38.1 | 869 | 27.1 | 73 | 37.1 |
| Religion | ||||||||
| Yes | 82 | 3.7 | 7 | 5.6 | 199 | 6.1 | 14 | 6.9 |
| No | 2112 | 96.3 | 117 | 94.4 | 3067 | 93.9 | 189 | 93.1 |
| Neighborhood | ||||||||
| Yes | 870 | 39.5 | 69 | 55.6 | 1059 | 32.9 | 70 | 35.5 |
| No | 1334 | 60.5 | 55 | 44.4 | 2164 | 67.1 | 127 | 64.5 |
| Smoking habit | ||||||||
| Never | 549 | 24.8 | 19 | 15.1 | 851 | 26.3 | 47 | 23.6 |
| Former | 349 | 15.8 | 34 | 27.0 | 567 | 17.5 | 26 | 13.1 |
| Current | 1315 | 59.4 | 73 | 57.9 | 1820 | 56.2 | 126 | 63.3 |
| Alcohol consumption | ||||||||
| Never, light | 1602 | 72.4 | 85 | 70.2 | 2387 | 74.1 | 148 | 76.3 |
| Heavy | 610 | 27.6 | 36 | 29.8 | 836 | 25.9 | 46 | 23.7 |
| Physical activity | ||||||||
| Often, sometimes | 875 | 40.0 | 39 | 32.0 | 1608 | 49.6 | 88 | 44.2 |
| Never | 1312 | 60.0 | 83 | 68.0 | 1632 | 50.4 | 111 | 55.8 |
| BMI, Body mass index | ||||||||
| 18.5≦BMI<25.0 | 1685 | 75.1 | 90 | 70.3 | 2386 | 73.1 | 144 | 70.9 |
| BMI<18.5 | 70 | 3.1 | 11 | 8.6 | 158 | 4.8 | 25 | 12.3 |
| 25.0≦BMI | 490 | 21.8 | 27 | 21.1 | 718 | 22.0 | 34 | 16.7 |
| Chronic diseases | ||||||||
| No | 1568 | 71.4 | 55 | 44.7 | 1975 | 61.0 | 85 | 42.7 |
| Yes | 628 | 28.6 | 68 | 55.3 | 1264 | 39.0 | 114 | 57.3 |