TABLE 1.
The characteristics of study sample.
| Socio-demographic variables | Number of patients or mean |
Percentage of total or standard deviation |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | mean | % | s.d. | |
| Total sample | 622 | - | 100 | - |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 227 | - | 36.5 | - |
| Female | 395 | - | 63.5 | - |
| Age (range min 19 to max 68) | ||||
| Total | - | 38.9 | - | 8.72 |
| Male | - | 41.4 | - | 8.39 |
| Female | - | 37.4 | - | 8.60 |
| Age categories | ||||
| 18–30 years | 104 | - | 16.7 | - |
| 31–40 years | 278 | - | 44.6 | - |
| 41–50 years | 182 | - | 29.2 | - |
| 51–60 years | 42 | - | 6.7 | - |
| Over 60 years | 16 | - | 2.5 | - |
| Race groups | ||||
| African | 622 | - | 100 | - |
| Other race groups | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| Language proficiency | ||||
| English | 376 of 622 | - | 60.4 | - |
| Zulu | 158 of 622 | - | 25.4 | - |
| Tshwana | 114 of 622 | - | 18.3 | - |
| Afrikaans | 29 of 622 | - | 4.6 | - |
n, number; s.d., standard deviation.