Table 2.
Distribution of chronic illness, duration and at least one side disabilities.
| Chronic illness | n (%) | Duration of illness in years |
At least one side disability with chronic illness, n (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean ± SD | 95% CI | |||
| Chronic fever | 2480 (6.32) | 1.13 ± 1.82 | (1.06, 1.20) | 1293 (52.14) |
| Injuries | 1702 (4.34) | 1.85 ± 4.57 | (1.63, 2.07) | 140 (8.23) |
| Chronic heart disease | 3342 (8.52) | 6.46 ± 5.21 | (6.28, 6.64) | 177 (5.30) |
| Asthma | 2960 (7.54) | 23.07 ± 16.34 | (22.48, 23.66) | 1763 (59.56) |
| Gastric or ulcer | 7339 (18.70) | 9.21 ± 9.22 | (9.00, 9.42) | 3330 (45.37) |
| Hypertension | 5116 (13.04) | 3.93 ± 3.53 | (3.84, 4.03) | 1285 (25.12) |
| Arthritis | 6882 (17.54) | 7.47 ± 4.28 | (7.37, 7.58) | 3854 (56.00) |
| Diabetes | 875 (2.23) | 8.57 ± 6.14 | (8.17, 8.98) | 145 (16.57) |
| Chronic dysentery | 112 (0.29) | 6.94 ± 8.27 | (5.39, 8.49) | 28 (25.00) |
| Eczema | 123 (0.31) | 8.11 ± 8.83 | (6.54, 9.69) | 20 (16.26) |
| Cancer | 79 (0.20) | 4.02 ± 8.64 | (2.09, 5.96) | 57 (72.15) |
| Leprosy | 31 (0.08) | 8.99 ± 13.44 | (4.07, 13.92) | 7 (22.58) |
| Paralysis | 2779 (7.08) | 2.42 ± 3.14 | (2.30, 2.54) | 2747 (98.85) |
| Epilepsy | 35 (0.09) | 12.9 ± 14.19 | (8.03, 17.77) | 9 (25.71) |
| Others | 5390 (13.73) | 13.86 ± 11.72 | (13.55, 14.17) | 1595 (29.59) |
| Total | 39,245 (100.0) | 8.33 ± 9.84 | (8.23, 8.42) | 16,450 (41.92) |
SD: standard deviation.