Table 1.

Comparison of the prevalence of type 2 diabetes in populations with different demographic characteristics (N = 4177)

Variables	Levels	Type 2 diabetes	Prevalence (%)	χ2	P
Gender	Men	184	10.6	5.720	0.017
	Women	205	8.4
Age	< 70	314	8.5	23.801	< 0.001
	≥70	75	15.3
Nation	Han nationality	331	9.1	1.781	0.182
	Minority	58	10.9
Place of residence	Urban	215	9.4	0.042	0.837
	Rural	174	9.2
Education level	Primary or below	123	9.8	1.646	0.649
	Junior middle school	133	9.4
	Senior high school	77	8.3
	College or higher	56	9.7
Marital status	Married	321	9.2	0.111	0.739
	Other	68	9.6
Occupation	Physical work	228	9.0	2.639	0.267
	Mental work	70	8.8
	Retirement or other	91	10.8