Table 1.
Prevalence of falls in the past six months by participant characteristics among the elderly in Shandong, China (n = 7070).
| n | No (%) | Yes (%) | χ 2 | p-Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 7070 | 6463 (94.41) | 607 (8.59) | ||
| Gender | 27.2876 | 0.000 | |||
| Male | 2846 (40.25) | 2662 (41.19) | 184 (30.31) | ||
| Female | 4224 (59.75) | 3801 (58.81) | 423 (69.69) | ||
| Age | 69.81 ± 6.45 | 69.75 ± 6.42 | 70.38 ± 6.73 | 2.3885 | 0.122 |
| Body Mass Index (BMI) | 24.69 ± 3.76 | 24.65 ± 3.73 | 25.05 ± 4.02 | 2.1294 | 0.145 |
| Residence | 6.3494 | 0.012 | |||
| Rural | 5514 (77.99) | 5016(77.61) | 498 (82.04) | ||
| Urban | 1556 (22.01) | 1447 (22.39) | 109 (17.96) | ||
| Living alone | 0.6940 | 0.405 | |||
| No | 6044 (85.49) | 5532 (85.59) | 512 (84.35) | ||
| yes | 1026 (14.51) | 931 (14.41) | 95 (15.65) | ||
| Marital status | 13.4138 | 0.000 | |||
| Single | 1331 (18.83) | 1183 (18.30) | 148 (24.38) | ||
| Couple | 5739 (81.17) | 5280 (81.70) | 459 (75.62) | ||
| Educational level | 17.9513 | 0.000 | |||
| Primary school and below | 5194 (73.47) | 4704 (72.78) | 490 (80.72) | ||
| Junior high school | 1315 (18.60) | 1233 (19.08) | 82 (13.51) | ||
| High school and above | 561 (7.93) | 526 (8.14) | 35 (5.77) | ||
| Smoking | 13.1582 | 0.001 | |||
| Current | 1138 (16.10) | 1058 (16.37) | 80 (13.18) | ||
| Never | 5029 (71.13) | 4559 (70.54) | 470 (77.43) | ||
| Former | 903 (12.77) | 846 (13.09) | 57 (9.39) | ||
| Drinking | 18.5411 | 0.000 | |||
| Current | 1153 (16.31) | 1089 (16.85) | 64 (10.54) | ||
| Never | 5365 (75.88) | 4863 (75.24) | 502 (82.70) | ||
| Former | 552 (7.81) | 511 (7.91) | 41 (6.75) | ||
| Hypertension | 11.5676 | 0.001 | |||
| No | 3946 (55.81) | 3647 (56.43) | 299 (49.26) | ||
| Yes | 3124 (44.19) | 2816 (43.57) | 308 (50.74) | ||
| Diabetes | 9.2395 | 0.002 | |||
| No | 6068 (85.83) | 5572 (86.21) | 496 (81.71) | ||
| Yes | 1002 (14.17) | 891 (13.79) | 111 (18.29) | ||
| Coronary disease | 11.8270 | 0.001 | |||
| No | 5537 (78.32) | 5095 (78.83) | 442 (72.82) | ||
| Yes | 1533 (21.68) | 1368 (21.17) | 165 (27.18) | ||
| Self-reported hearing | 13.4482 | 0.001 | |||
| Normal | 5422 (76.69) | 4993 (77.26) | 429 (70.68) | ||
| Moderate trouble | 1411 (19.96) | 1259 (19.48) | 152 (25.04) | ||
| A lot of trouble | 237 (3.35) | 211 (3.26) | 26 (4.28) | ||
| Self-rated economic status | 48.8293 | 0.000 | |||
| Wealthy and not worried about livelihood | 1618 (22.89) | 1530 (23.67) | 88 (14.50) | ||
| Not wealthy but not worried about livelihood | 4920 (69.59) | 4479 (69.30) | 441 (72.65) | ||
| Not wealthy and worried about livelihood | 478 (6.76) | 411 (6.36) | 67 (11.04) | ||
| Poor and worried about livelihood | 54 (0.76) | 43 (0.67) | 11 (1.81) |