Table 1. Distribution of major demographic, behavioural, and physical characteristics of cohort members by life-course urbanization status and sexa .
Cohort member attributes | Totals (%) |
Distribution of urbanization categories by sex (%)b | ||||||||
Males | Females | |||||||||
RRR | RRU | RUU | UUU | RRR | RRU | RUU | UUU | |||
n = 51 936 | (n = 9519) | (n = 2567) | (n = 6837) | (n = 4419) | (n = 10 725) | (n = 3202) | (n = 8004) | (n = 6663) | ||
Birth year | –1959 | 7.27 | 9.31 | 5.73 | 12.84 | 13.69 | 2.50 | 2.12 | 4.70 | 8.21 |
1960–1969 | 24.14 | 27.07 | 22.67 | 31.4 | 28.02 | 18.14 | 15.24 | 23.24 | 25.48 | |
1970–1979 | 43.68 | 44.50 | 46.28 | 42.75 | 40.37 | 43.29 | 44.78 | 47.04 | 40.70 | |
1980– | 24.92 | 19.12 | 25.32 | 13.00 | 17.92 | 36.07 | 37.85 | 25.02 | 25.60 | |
Income (Baht) |
≤7000 | 18.17 | 23.83 | 11.96 | 6.82 | 13.33 | 28.90 | 16.71 | 14.57 | 15.13 |
7001–10 000 | 22.05 | 18.95 | 20.92 | 14.33 | 14.08 | 31.13 | 28.98 | 24.71 | 18.94 | |
10 001–20 000 | 35.15 | 36.81 | 42.58 | 43.26 | 31.89 | 25.92 | 36.66 | 38.34 | 34.01 | |
≥20 001 | 22.41 | 18.46 | 22.79 | 34.08 | 38.56 | 11.47 | 15.33 | 19.94 | 29.19 | |
Health service access |
Public services only | 37.57 | 49.57 | 40.94 | 36.67 | 29.85 | 43.38 | 33.76 | 28.84 | 28.13 |
Private services | 39.65 | 26.52 | 32.92 | 37.11 | 41.68 | 38.18 | 44.82 | 49.74 | 50.01 | |
Others | 22.78 | 23.91 | 26.14 | 26.22 | 28.47 | 18.43 | 21.42 | 21.43 | 21.87 | |
Health insurance coverage |
30 Baht schemec | 12.66 | 19.29 | 10.60 | 4.87 | 9.44 | 20.35 | 12.77 | 6.41 | 9.20 |
Civil servant scheme | 27.68 | 33.32 | 32.49 | 37.19 | 27.31 | 23.16 | 21.99 | 23.39 | 23.43 | |
Others | 59.66 | 47.39 | 56.91 | 57.93 | 63.25 | 56.48 | 65.24 | 70.20 | 67.37 | |
Smoking | Never | 76.05 | 52.72 | 55.24 | 52.07 | 51.53 | 96.38 | 95.94 | 95.26 | 92.93 |
Ex-smoker | 8.51 | 18.15 | 17.02 | 17.22 | 20.16 | 0.28 | 0.47 | 0.57 | 1.47 | |
Current smoker | 13.87 | 27.72 | 26.18 | 29.24 | 27.06 | 1.43 | 2.34 | 2.44 | 4.13 | |
Alcohol consumption |
Non-drinker | 69.09 | 45.27 | 44.88 | 46.03 | 55.80 | 86.75 | 87.07 | 86.36 | 87.12 |
Light drinker | 14.88 | 26.59 | 25.67 | 24.35 | 18.31 | 7.04 | 7.21 | 7.42 | 7.29 | |
Moderate/heavy drinker | 11.71 | 23.15 | 24.78 | 24.92 | 22.61 | 1.38 | 2.34 | 1.94 | 2.42 | |
Weekly physical activity |
<7 sessions | 16.13 | 9.99 | 12.43 | 12.49 | 16.41 | 18.00 | 20.71 | 18.33 | 22.03 |
≥7 sessions | 81.17 | 87.17 | 84.50 | 83.93 | 80.92 | 79.58 | 76.89 | 79.01 | 75.87 | |
BMI | <18.5 | 9.50 | 4.29 | 3.47 | 2.74 | 4.12 | 14.55 | 16.96 | 13.78 | 12.97 |
18.5–22.9 | 49.34 | 44.06 | 44.68 | 39.05 | 35.96 | 56.73 | 56.28 | 58.06 | 52.39 | |
23.0–24.9 | 18.54 | 24.08 | 25.87 | 25.99 | 23.85 | 13.59 | 12.21 | 13.82 | 13.30 | |
≥25.0 | 22.62 | 26.21 | 25.05 | 30.91 | 35.14 | 14.36 | 13.65 | 13.67 | 20.68 | |
Family history of hypertension |
No | 94.60 | 94.60 | 94.23 | 94.15 | 91.72 | 95.89 | 96.10 | 95.39 | 93.40 |
Yes | 5.40 | 5.40 | 5.77 | 5.85 | 8.28 | 4.11 | 3.90 | 4.61 | 6.60 |
aBased on place of residence at three time markers in the life-course: age 10–12 years, in 2005, and in 2009. Each marker is coded as U (urban) or R (rural).
bFor each tabulated cohort member attribute, the urbanization-sex categories may not add up to 100% due to missing data.
c‘30 Baht scheme’ is the name given to the comprehensive universal health insurance available to Thai citizens since 2001.