Table 1.
Select characteristics of 1,037 healthy men in Accra, Ghana
| No. Age (%) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. Pts (%) | 50–59 | 60–69 | 70–74 | |||||
| Overall | 1,037 | (100.0) | 507 | (100.0) | 374 | (100.0) | 156 | (100.0) |
| Age: | – | – | – | |||||
| 50–59 | 507 | (48.9) | ||||||
| 60–69 | 374 | (36.1) | ||||||
| 70–74 | 156 | (15.0) | ||||||
| Ethnic group: | ||||||||
| Akan | 347 | (33.5) | 206 | (40.6) | 101 | (27.0) | 40 | (25.6) |
| Ga/Adangbe | 399 | (38.5) | 164 | (32.3) | 164 | (43.9) | 71 | (45.5) |
| Ewe | 186 | (17.9) | 88 | (17.4) | 73 | (19.5) | 25 | (16.0) |
| Mole-Dagbani | 15 | (1.4) | 8 | (1.6) | 5 | (1.3) | 2 | (1.3) |
| Grussi | 8 | (0.8) | 4 | (0.8) | 3 | (0.8) | 1 | (0.6) |
| Hausa | 26 | (2.5) | 11 | (2.2) | 9 | (2.4) | 6 | (3.8) |
| Other | 55 | (5.3) | 25 | (4.9) | 19 | (5.1) | 11 | (7.1) |
| Education: | ||||||||
| None/primary | 186 | (17.9) | 54 | (10.7) | 82 | (21.9) | 50 | (32.1) |
| Junior/middle | 472 | (45.5) | 240 | (47.3) | 163 | (43.6) | 69 | (44.2) |
| Senior/secondary | 186 | (17.9) | 103 | (20.3) | 65 | (17.4) | 18 | (11.5) |
| Higher | 142 | (13.7) | 83 | (16.4) | 44 | (11.8) | 15 | (9.6) |
| Other | 40 | (3.9) | 20 | (3.9) | 16 | (4.3) | 4 | (2.6) |
| Alcohol use* | 688 | (66.3) | 337 | (66.5) | 254 | (67.9) | 97 | (62.2) |
| Smoking† | 445 | (42.9) | 208 | (41.0) | 174 | (46.5) | 63 | (40.4) |
| PSA screening history | 25 | (2.4) | 6 | (1.2) | 11 | (2.9) | 8 | (5.1) |
| DRE history | 54 | (5.2) | 15 | (3.0) | 28 | (7.5) | 11 | (7.1) |
| Sought medical care‡ | 834 | (80.4) | 395 | (77.9) | 300 | (80.2) | 139 | (89.1) |
| Has medical insurance | 44 | (4.3) | 20 | (4.0) | 15 | (4.1) | 9 | (5.9) |
*
Ever drank alcohol at least once per week for 6 months or longer.
†
Ever smoked at least 1 cigarette per day for 6 months or longer.
‡
Sought medical care in last 5 years.