Table 6.
Appendix. Prevalence of seven chronic non-communicable diseases or conditions in adults aged 60 years and over in seven cities in Latin America and the Caribbean*
| City | ||||||||
| Selected diseases/conditions (%) | Buenos Aires | Bridge-town | Sao Paulo | Santiago | Havana | Mexico City | Montevideo | All |
| N | 1043 | 1508 | 2143 | 1301 | 1905 | 1247 | 1450 | 10597 |
| Heart problems | 19.8 (17.7–22.0) |
11.1 (9.4–12.7) |
19.6 (17.6–21.6) |
32.2 (26.2–38.3) |
24.1 (22.0–26.2) |
10.0 (8.2–11.8) |
23.8 (20.1–27.5) |
19.3 (18.0–20.7) |
| Stroke | 4.8 (2.6–7.1) |
5.4 (4.1–6.6) |
7.2 (6.1–8.4) |
6.5 (4.8–8.3) |
9.7 (8.2–11.2) |
5.8 (4.4–7.3) |
3.7 (2.6–4.8) |
5.9 (5.0–6.8) |
| Hypertension | 49.7 (46.2–53.1) |
47.5 (44.6–50.3) |
53.7 (50.9–56.5) |
51.4 (46.5–56.3) |
44.1 (41.5–46.7) |
42.8 (39.9–45.7) |
45.2 (41.8–48.7) |
48.1 (46.6–49.6) |
| Cancer | 5.3 (4.0–6.5) |
2.9 (2.0–3.8) |
3.3 (2.5–4.1) |
4.1 (3.0–5.3) |
3.4 (2.6–4.2) |
1.9 (1.1–2.6) |
6.3 (5.0–7.5) |
4.0 (3.4–4.5) |
| Diabetes | 12.4 (8.5–16.2) | 21.7 (19.3–24.1) |
18.0 (15.9–20.1) |
13.3 (10.0–16.5) |
14.8 (13.0–16.6) |
21.6 (19.0–24.2) |
13.7 (10.9–16.5) |
15.9 (14.5–17.3) |
| Arthritis | 52.6 (49.3–56.0) |
46.2 (43.2–49.1) |
32.2 (29.9–34.6) |
29.3 (26.3–32.3) |
55.8 (53.5–58.1) |
24.6 (21.8–27.3) |
48.2 (44.5–51.9) |
40.1 (36.2–44.0) |
| Chronic lung disease | 7.8 (6.2–9.5) |
4.1 (3.0–5.3) |
12.2 (10.8–13.6) |
11.9 (9.2–14.5) |
12.9 (11.3–14.5) |
9.8 (8.1–11.5) |
9.3 (8.9–9.7) |
9.9 (9.0–10.7) |
*The number of participants not providing information was: heart problems (42; 0.3%), stroke (30; 0.2%), hypertension (52; 0.5%), cancer (35; 0.3%), diabetes (57; 0.5%), arthritis (71; 0.6%), chronic lung disease (28; 0.2%).