Table 1.
Age distribution for men and women attending premarital screening in Saudi Arabia, 2011–2015.
| Age groups (years)* | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | % | Age Range | Mean age ± SD | <18 (%) | 18–25 (%) | 26–35 (%) | 36–45 (%) | 46–55 (%) | >55 (%) |
| Males | 49.7 | 17–105 | 27.8 ± 8.9 | 7.6 | 46.2 | 64.4 | 66.1 | 83.8 | 24.1 |
| Females | 50.4 | 13–112 | 22.6 ± 6.4 | 92.4 | 53.8 | 35.7 | 34 | 16.2 | 5.3 |
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*
Statistically significant association [1].