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. 2024 Jun 11;16(6):e62192. doi: 10.7759/cureus.62192

Table 1. Characteristics of participants aged 60 years and above population.

*31,464, mpce_quintile: Monthly per Capita Consumption Expenditure, SC: Scheduled Caste, ST: Scheduled tribe, OBC: Other Backward Class; COPD: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, CHD: Coronary Heart Disease

Variables Variables groups Number*   Weighted Percentage 95% Confidence Limit
Age (in Years) 60-69 18974 59 (57-60)
70-79 9101 30 (29-31)
80 + 3389 11 (11-12)
Residence Rural 20725 71 (69-72)
Urban 10739 29 (28-31)
Gender Male 15098 47 (46-49)
Female 15366 53 (51-54)
Caste Group SC 5140 19 (19-20)
ST 5173 8 (08-09)
OBC 11886 46 (45-48)
Other 8218 26 (25-27)
mpce_quintile Poorest 6484 22 (21-23)
Poorer 6477 22 (21-23)
Middle 6416 21 (20-22)
Richer 6170 19 (18-20)
Richest 5917 16 (15-17)
Education Level Illiterate 16889 57 (55-58)
Less than Primary 7560 23 (22-23)
Secondary 5560 17 (16-18)
≥Higher Secondary 1455 4 (04-05)
Religion Hindu 23037 82 (81-83)
Muslim 3731 11 (10-12)
Christian 3150 3 (03-03)
Other 1546 4 (03-04)
Current Working Status Never worked 8776 28 (27-29)
Not working 9307 42 (41-43)
Working 13373 58 (57-59)