Table 1.
Descriptive Statistics of Study Variables.
Variable | Category | n | % |
---|---|---|---|
Age | Young-old (60-74) | 2125 | 72.6 |
Old-old (75-84) | 665 | 22.7 | |
Oldest-old (85+) | 136 | 4.6 | |
Gender | Male | 1457 | 49.8 |
Female | 1469 | 50.2 | |
Marital status | Married | 1633 | 55.8 |
Unmarried | 1293 | 44.2 | |
Education | No formal education | 1309 | 45.4 |
Primary | 1292 | 44.8 | |
Secondary and tertiary | 281 | 9.8 | |
Hypertension | Yes | 892 | 30.5 |
No | 2034 | 69.5 | |
Diabetes | Yes | 414 | 14.1 |
No | 2512 | 85.9 | |
Stroke | Yes | 49 | 1.7 |
No | 2877 | 98.3 | |
Gastritis | Yes | 190 | 6.5 |
No | 2736 | 93.5 |