Table 2.

Prevalence of NIDDM, HTN and Cardiac Disease in individuals seeking financial assistance in a State-funded, short-term support program (2008).

	Diabetes mellitus				Hypertension				Cardiac Disease
	Self-reported	Yes			Self-reported	Yes			Self-reported	Yes
	(%)	N	χ2	p-value	(%)	N	χ2	p-value	(%)	N	χ2	p-value
Gender
Male	18.6a	367	1.60	.21	22.0	434	76.92	.000	10.7	211	18.27	.000
Female	19.8	2389			31.8	3832			7.9	944
Ethnicity
Afro-Trinidadian	13.0	644	435.03	.000	25.5	1266	173.33	.000	4.4	219	264.24	.000
Indo-Trinidadian	26.7	1850			35.6	2470			12.1	835
mixed	12.1	251			25.0	52			4.8	99
Marital status
Single	14.9	614	423.29	.000	25.1	1036	546.13	.000	5.6	233	236.18	.000
Married	21.0	858			30.5	1249			8.7	353
Separated	19.8	249			30.5	383			8.1	102
Divorced	21.1	108			33.9	173			10.2	52
Common law	12.0	237			20.9	412			4.8	94
Widowed	35.1	663			51.7	977			16.4	308
Religion
Hinduism	27.0	1060	218.48	.000	36.3	1428	117.19	.000	13.3	519	199.26	.000
Islam	23.4	150			33.0	211			10.5	67
Roman Catholic	14.9	326			25.1	546			5.3	114
SDA	12.2	86			23.2	163			3.7	26
Other Christian Groups	17.0	951			29.3	1633			6.5	362
Age
17–30	2.9	53	1326.13	.000	7.5	136	1794.90	.000	1.0	18	699.61	.000
31–40	7.7	239			15.0	462			2.2	69
41–50	16.9	605			26.2	940			6.1	218
51–60	32.4	1064			46.8	1537			13.7	446
61–70	36.7	729			54.0	1072			18.2	360
71+	25.6	68			46.2	123			16.5	44
Education
Primary	24.8	2267	438.34	.000	36.9	3379	521.38	.000	10.8	980	210.78	.000
Secondary	10.0	472			18.3	859			3.6	170
University	7.3	8			15.5	17			2.8	3

^aColumn percent.