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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jan 13.
Published in final edited form as: S Afr Med J. 2019 Apr 29;109(5):333–339. doi: 10.7196/SAMJ.2019.v109i5.13024

Table 1.

Self-reported underlying conditions by age group in community members enrolled in a survey of healthcare utilisation, Msunduzi municipality, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, 2013

Age group (years) Diabetes, n/N (%; 95% CI) Asthma, n/N (%; 95% CI) Heart disease, n/N (%; 95% CI) Tuberculosis, n/N (%; 95% CI) HIV, n/N (%; 95% CI)

<5 0/682 19/681 (2.8; 1.8 – 4.3) 2/681 (0.3; 0.07 – 1.2) 2/681 (0.3; 0.07 – 1.2) 1/610 (0.2; 0.02 – 1.1)
5 – 14 2/1 991 (0.1; 0.03 – 0.4) 59/1 984 (3.0; 2.3 – 3.8) 10/1 993 (0.5; 0.3 – 0.9) 6/1 993 (0.3; 0.1 – 0.7) 39/1 787 (2.2; 1.5 – 3.1)
15 – 24 4/2 235 (0.20; 0.06 – 0.4) 55/2 218 (2.5; 1.9 – 3.2) 17/2 235 (0.7; 0.4 – 1.1) 11/2 237 (0.5; 0.3 – 0.9) 68/1 905 (3.6; 2.8 – 4.5)
25 – 44 50/2 883 (1.7; 1.3 – 2.3) 80/2 872 (2.8; 2.2 – 3.5) 36/2 877 (1.3; 0.9 – 1.7) 50/2 876 (1.7; 1.3 – 2.3) 362/2 409 (15.0; 13.4 – 16.8)
45 – 64 215/1 394 (15.4; 13.6 – 17.4) 73/1 390 (5.3; 4.1 – 6.6) 96/1 399 (6.9; 5.6 – 8.3) 41/1 398 (3.0; 2.1 – 4.0) 101/1 189 (8.5; 7.0 – 10.3)
≥65 109/493 (22.1; 18.6 – 26.1) 28/493 (5.7; 3.9 – 8.1) 46/494 (9.3; 7.0 – 12.2) 11/494 (2.2; 1.2 – 4.2) 7/431 (1.6; 0.7 – 3.4)
Total 380/9 678 (3.9; 3.5 – 4.3) 314/9 638 (3.3; 2.8 – 3.7) 206/9 679 (2.1; 1.8 – 2.5) 121/9 679 (1.3; 1.0 – 1.5) 578/8 331 (7.0; 6.3 – 7.7)

CI = confidence interval.