Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of adults aged at least 50 years from World Health Organization’s Study on Global Aging and Adult Health (SAGE), Ghana.
| % | (95% CI) | National estimate | (95% CI; 100,000s) | |
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| Age in years | ||||
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| 50-59 | 39.8 | (37.2-42.3) | 1,144,978 | (10.7-12.2) |
| 60-69 | 27.5 | (26.3-28.7) | 792,579 | (7.6-8.3) |
| 70-79 | 23.1 | (21.5-24.7) | 664,794 | (6.2-7.1) |
| 80-89 | 7.1 | (6.1-8.2) | 206,043 | (1.8-2.4) |
| ≥90 | 2.5 | (1.2-3.7) | 70,924 | (0.3-10.7) |
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| Sex | ||||
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| Male | 52.4 | (49.1-55.7) | 1,509,317 | (14.1-16.0) |
| Female | 47.6 | (44.3-50.9) | 1,370,001 | (12.8-14.7) |
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| Residence | ||||
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| Rural | 59 | (42.9-75.1) | 1,698,143 | (12.3-21.6) |
| Urban | 41 | (24.9-57.1) | 1,181,175 | (7.2-16.5) |
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| Education completed | ||||
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| None | 64.5 | (53.5-75.5) | 1,856,908 | (15.4-21.7) |
| Primary | 10.9 | (7.5-14.3) | 313,732 | (2.2-4.1) |
| Secondary | 21 | (13.3-28.7) | 605,187 | (3.8-8.3) |
| More than secondary | 3.6 | (2.6-4.6) | 103,491 | (0.7-1.3) |
CI – confidence interval