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. 2009 Nov 19;9:86. doi: 10.1186/1471-230X-9-86

Table 5.

Age and sex distribution in the general population and in study participants in each region.

Shanghai (%) Beijing (%) Wuhan (%) Xi'an (%) Guangzhou (%)
Populationa
(n = 13.5 m)
Participants
(n = 3151)
Populationb
(n = 11.8 m)
Participants
(n = 3168)
Populationb
(n = 7.8 m)
Participants
(n = 3283)
Populationa
(n = 7.3 m)
Participants
(n = 3266)
Populationb
(n = 7.3 m)
Participants
(n = 3210)

Female 50.6 55.5 50.0 53.1 49.7 52.4 50.0 50.4 45.4 49.6

Urban 54.2 49.9 57.5 49.0 58.6 50.4 50.4 49.5 55.7 52.3

Age (years)

18-29 13.3 11.1 25.6 23.9 31.1 26.5 27.8 24.8 31.9 27.8

30-39 18.8 15.8 21.5 21.1 19.6 22.8 25.7 25.2 28.5 29.2

40-49 30.2 33.8 22.0 23.1 20.3 20.8 19.9 21.2 17.8 19.9

50-59 16.4 18.9 15.1 16.0 15.5 15.4 12.9 13.8 11.5 12.7

60-69 12.4 12.1 9.3 9.8 8.0 8.5 8.8 9.5 6.3 7.0

70-80 9.1 8.3 6.5 6.1 5.5 6.1 5.0 5.4 4.0 3.5

aData from the fifth population census in China (2000) [35,39].

bData from the government 1% sample survey (2005) [36-38].

m, million.