Table 1. Socio-demographic characteristics of the sample n = 719.
| Variable | n (%) | Sri Lankan population* |
| Sex | ||
| Male | 269 (37.41) | 51.5 |
| Female | 450 (62.59) | 48.5 |
| Age | ||
| 18–29 | 128(17.8) | |
| 30–39 | 128(17.8) | |
| 40–49 | 132(18.36) | |
| 50–59 | 135(18.78) | |
| 60–69 | 114(15.86) | |
| 70+ | 82 (11.4) | |
| Ethnicity | ||
| Sinhala | 656(91.24) | 74.9 |
| Tamil | 14 (1.95) | 15.4 |
| Muslim | 47 (6.54) | 9.2 |
| Education | ||
| No formal education | 37 (5.18) | |
| Primary | 157(22) | |
| Secondary | 455 (63.7) | |
| Tertiary | 65 (9.1) | |
| Housing type | ||
| Single house | 605(84.73) | |
| Flat/apartment | 80(11.2) | |
| Hut/shanty | 29(4.1) | |
| Annual household income | ||
| 0–99,999 | 123(17.42) | |
| 100,000–199,999 | 169(23.94) | |
| 200,00–299,999 | 124(17.56) | |
| 300,000–399,999 | 105(14.87) | |
| Above 400,000 | 78(11.04) | |
| Preferred not to answer | 107(15.16) | |
| Employment | ||
| employed | 254 (37.3) | |
| Non-economic activities | 402 (59) | |
| Family worker | 24(3.5) | |
| Marital status | ||
| Never married | 101(14) | |
| Married | 595(82.8) | |
| Widow/divorced | 23(3.2) | |
| District | ||
| Colombo | 209(29.1) | |
| Kandy | 167(23.2) | |
| Kurunegala | 196(27.3) | |
| Kalutara | 147(20.45) | |
| Religion | ||
| Buddhist | 637(88.6) | 70.2 |
| Hindu | 7(1) | 12.6 |
| Islam | 55(7.6) | 9.7 |
| Christian | 20(2.8) | 6.1 |
| Current disease n = 719 | ||
| Hypertension | 125(17.4) | |
| Diabetes | 134(18.6) | |
| Asthma | 34(4.7) | |
| Epilepsy | 2(0.3) | |
| Anaemia | 3(0.4) | |
| Renal condition | 9(1.3) | |
| Cardiac condition | 27(3.8) | |
| Accident/Injury | 6(0.8) | |
| Mental health | 8(1.1) | |
| Gastro Intestinal problems | 16(2.2) | |
| Skin disease | 7(1) | |
| Cancer | 4(0.6) | |
| Other | 110(15.3) | |
| Number of visits to the doctor in the last month n = 697 | ||
| 0 | 361(51.79) | |
| 1 | 249(35.72) | |
| 2 | 55(7.9) | |
| 3 | 19(2.73) | |
| 4 and above | 13(1.87) | |
| Number of hospital admissions in the last year n = 703 | ||
| 0 | 561(79.8) | |
| 1 | 107(15.22) | |
| 2 | 22(3.13) | |
| 3 and above | 13(1.85) |
* provisional 2012 census available results [18]; *15–59 age groups percentage was 62%; above 60 years was 12.2%.