Table 5.
Proportions of the population in various cardiovascular risk categories by age, sex and ethnicity, Viseisei Health Zone, Fiji, 2012
| Sex/Age (years)/Ethnicity | Cardiovascular event* risk category | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very high risk: ≥30 % | High risk: 20 % to <30 % | Medium risk: 10 to <20 % | Low risk: <10 % | |
| % (95 % CI) | % (95 % CI) | % (95 % CI) | % (95 % CI) | |
| Males | ||||
| 40–49 (n = 282) | 1.1 (0–2.3) | 0.7 (0–1.7) | 12.1 (8.3–15.9) | 86.2 (82.1–90.2) |
| 50–59 (n = 271) | 4.4 (2.0–6.9) | 5.5 (2.8–8.3) | 18.8 (14.2–23.5) | 71.2 (65.8–76.6) |
| 60–64 (n = 99) | 25.3 (16.7–33.8) | 5.1 (0.7–9.4) | 24.2 (15.8–32.7) | 45.5 (35.6–55.3) |
| 40–64† (n = 652) | 5.3 (3.6–6.9) | 3.0 (1.7–4.2) | 16.3 (13.5–19.2) | 75.4 (72.1–78.7) |
| I-Taukei† (n = 259) | 4.3 (2.0–6.7) | 3.8 (1.6–6.0) | 13.1 (9.0–17.2) | 78.7 (73.8–83.6) |
| Indo-Fijian† (n = 385) | 6.0 (3.8–8.2) | 2.5 (1.0–3.9) | 18.2 (14.3–22.1) | 73.3 (68.9–77.8) |
| Females | ||||
| 40–49 (n = 405) | 1.7 (0.5–3.0) | 0.5 (0–1.2) | 1.7 (0.5–3.0) | 96.0 (94.2–97.9) |
| 50–59 (n = 357) | 4.8 (2.6–7.0) | 2.5 (0.9–4.1) | 6.2 (3.7–8.7) | 86.6 (83.0–90.1) |
| 60–64 (n = 120) | 12.5 (6.6–18.4) | 14.2 (7.9–20.4) | 8.3 (3.9–13.3) | 65.0 (56.5–73.5) |
| 40–64† (n = 882) | 4.0 (2.7–5.2) | 2.7 (1.7–3.7) | 4.0 (2.8–5.3) | 89.3 (87.4–91.3) |
| I-Taukei† (n = 315) | 4.2 (2.0–6.3) | 3.7 (1.8–5.6) | 4.3 (2.2–6.4) | 87.9 (84.4–91.3) |
| Indo-Fijian† (n = 563) | 3.9 (2.4–5.4) | 2.1 (1.0–3.2) | 3.9 (2.4–5.5) | 90.1 (87.7–92.4) |
*Risk of cardiovascular event or death risk over 10 years based on
WHO/International Society of Hypertension Western Pacific Region Group B risk prediction charts
WHO/ISH Risk Prediction Charts for 14 WHO Epidemiological Sub-Regions. WHO 2007 [11]
† Age adjusted to total Fiji population at the 2007 Census [4]