Table 3.

Sociodemographic Characteristics of Groups 1 (Greatest Disability) and 5 (Least Disability),^a World Health Organization Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health, India, 2007–2010

Characteristic	Group 1		Group 5
	No.	%	No.	%
Presence of >1 NCD vs. none
Previously diagnosed	406	28.5	697	40.5
On symptom/examination- based screening	1,423	100.0	956	55.5
Age, years
50–59	0	0	950	55.2
60–69	534	37.5	489	28.4
≥70	889	62.5	283	16.4
Sex
Male	636	44.7	1,722	100.0
Female	787	55.3	0	0
Wealth quintile
Lowest	338	23.8	246	14.3
Second	304	21.4	288	16.7
Middle	234	16.4	325	18.8
Fourth	241	16.9	367	21.3
Highest	299	21.0	484	28.1
Residence
Urban	345	24.2	516	30.0
Rural	1,078	75.8	1,206	70.0
Marital status
Never married	9	0.6	19	1.1
Currently married	801	56.3	1,589	92.3
Separated/divorced	13	0.9	3	0.2
Widowed	600	42.1	111	6.4
Health care insurance
Yes, mandatory	12	0.8	54	3.2
Yes, voluntary	25	1.7	45	2.6
Yes, both mandatory and voluntary	2	0.1	2	0.1
No, none	1,385	97.3	1,621	94.1

Abbreviation: NCD, noncommunicable disease.

^a Groups are from Figure 2.