Table 2.

Crude prevalence of disability among adults aged 50 years or above, by socio-demographic determinants, pooled data of 43 countries, World Health Survey, 2002–2004

	Mean	95 % CI
Sex
Male	24.5	23.2	25.8
Female	40.9	39.2	42.5
Age
50–59 years	22.8	21.5	24.1
60–69 years	35.7	33.7	37.7
70–79 years	48.6	46.2	51.1
80+ years	63.2	59.7	66.8
Marital status
Married/cohabiting	28.1	26.9	29.3
Never married	31.3	26.9	35.7
Divorced/separated/widowed	47.4	45.2	49.6
Education
Less than primary school	40.2	38.5	41.8
Primary/secondary school completed	27.3	25.7	29.0
High school completed or above	23.5	21.2	25.9
Household economic status
Lowest quintile	43.7	41.4	46.0
Second quintile	36.2	33.9	38.5
Middle quintile	35.9	33.5	38.2
Forth quintile	29.3	26.9	31.6
Highest quintile	21.6	19.6	23.6
Urban–rural residence
Rural area	35.3	33.8	36.9
Urban area	30.7	29.1	32.3

All numbers are in percentage