Table 2.
Prevalence of Selected Chronic Conditions Among 8 Demographic Surveillance System Sites in 5 Asian Countries, 2005a
| Chronic Condition | Site, % | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Sites | Vietnam | Bangladesh | Indonesia | India | Thailand | ||||
| C | F | H | W | M | P | V | K | ||
| Men (n = 9241) | |||||||||
| Any chronic condition | 22.7 | 21.5 | 29.8 | 31.8 | 13.5 | 34.4 | 10.7 | 28.6 | 21.2 |
| Joint problem | 10.7 | 6.2 | 9.8 | 16.3 | 92.5 | 20.7 | 0.8 | 19.3 | 4.1 |
| Stroke | 1.3 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 1.4 |
| Heart disease | 5.0 | 6.5 | 5.3 | 6.4 | 66.3 | 5.3 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 3.3 |
| Diabetes | 2.2 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 35.4 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 3.0 |
| Pulmonary disease | 6.5 | 6.5 | 14.7 | 3.3 | 82.4 | 6.5 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 4.1 |
| Hypertension | 7.4 | 7.1 | 5.6 | 10.4 | 9.9 | 6.7 | 6.9 | 3.2 | 9.4 |
| Cancer | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 50.0 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
| Women (n = 9253) | |||||||||
| Any chronic condition | 31.6 | 24.8 | 35.5 | 45.8 | 24.0 | 49.2 | 15.6 | 35.8 | 30.8 |
| Joint problem | 17.4 | 9.7 | 15.4 | 28.3 | 8.9 | 30.6 | 1.6 | 28.8 | 9.2 |
| Stroke | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 0.6 |
| Heart disease | 7.6 | 8.8 | 6.7 | 7.8 | 77.7 | 10.7 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 6.1 |
| Diabetes | 2.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 3.1 | 40.9 | 4.2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 3.6 |
| Pulmonary disease | 6.1 | 6.0 | 15.4 | 3.4 | 94.8 | 5.4 | 1.4 | 2.5 | 2.3 |
| Hypertension | 11.6 | 5.5 | 4.1 | 18.9 | 24.2 | 14.6 | 10.6 | 4.5 | 15.0 |
| Cancer | 2.1 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 3.5 | 100.0 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 2.4 |
a
The 8 demographic surveillance system sites are Chililab (C), FilaBavi (F), Health System and Infectious Disease (H), Woman Abuse Tracking in Clinics and Hospitals (W), Matlab (M), Purworejo (P), Vadu (V), and Kanchanaburi (K).