Table 3.
People with chronic conditions (n = 3844) | People with diabetes (n = 1760) | People with hypertension (n = 2756) | |
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Sex n(%) |
|
|
|
Male |
1533 (39.9) |
785 (44.5) |
942 (34.1) |
Female |
2308 (60.1) |
973 (55.6) |
1810 (65.9) |
Age (years) Mean (SD) |
50.2 (14.1) |
52.9 (12) |
51.1 (13.7) |
Age groups n(%) |
|
|
|
≤19 years |
83 (2.2) |
9 (0.5) |
36 (1.3) |
20-39 years |
99 (2.6) |
12 (0.7) |
45 (1.6) |
≥40 years |
3123 (81.3) |
1567 (89.1) |
2278 (82.8) |
Income per capita per month (INR) Median (inter-quartile range) | |||
First quintile |
1200 (1000, 1333.3) |
1170.8 (966.7, 1285.7) |
1200 (1000, 1333.3) |
Second quintile |
1650 (1500, 1750) |
1666.7 (1500, 1727.3) |
1666.7 (1500, 1750) |
Third quintile |
2000 (2000, 2250) |
2000 (2000, 2250) |
2090.9 (2000, 2250) |
Fourth quintile |
2857.1 (2500, 3166.7) |
2857.1 (2538.5, 3200) |
2857.1 (2500, 3154.8) |
Fifth quintile |
5000 (4000, 6428.6) |
5000 (4000, 6250) |
5000 (4000, 6464.3) |
Religion n(%) |
|
|
|
Islam |
2612 (68.0) |
1144 (65.1) |
1893 (68.9) |
Hinduism |
798 (20.8) |
401 (22.8) |
566 (20.5) |
Christianity |
430 (11.2) |
213 (12.0) |
292 (10.6) |
Household poverty status* n(%) | |||
Above the poverty line |
2404 (62.5) |
1156 (65.7) |
1730 (62.8) |
Below the poverty line |
275 (7.2) |
106 (6.0) |
191 (6.9) |
Presence of comorbidity n(%) |
1218 (31.7) |
1011 (57.4) |
1184 (42.9) |
Type of health service sought n(%) | |||
Government |
724 (19.4) |
258 (14.8) |
485 (18.1) |
Private |
3005 (80.6) |
1483 (85.2) |
2172 (81.9) |
Tiers of health services sought n(%) | |||
Clinics/ health centres |
1600 (42.9) |
624 (36.0) |
1287 (48.5) |
Referral hospitals |
1449 (38.9) |
853 (49.0) |
971 (36.6) |
Super-specialty hospitals | 680 (18.2) | 264 (15.0) | 399 (14.9) |
*Total does not add up to 100 because some of the individuals (their households) did not possess a ration card.