Table 1.
Population characteristics and proportion of fall across all the variables
| Variable | Categories | Frequency n (%) |
Proportion of fall | Odd ratio (95%CI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of respondents reporting Fall in past 2 years | Yes | 3270 (10.4) | - | - |
| No | 25,019 (88.4) | |||
| Gender | Male | 15,106 (48) | 1407(9.31) | 0 |
| Female | 16,371(52) | 1863(11.37) | 1.30 (1.21 – 1.40) * | |
| Age | 60–69 | 18,979(60.3) | 1934(10.19) | 0 |
| 70–79 | 9108(28.9) | 961(10.55) | 1.05 (0.96– 1.14) * | |
| 80 + | 3390(10) | 375(11.06) | 1.15 (1.026– 1.30) * | |
| Place of residence | Urban | 10,747 (34.1) | 933 (8.7) | 0 |
| Rural | 20,730 (65.9) | 2337 (11.3) | 1.37 (1.26 – 1.48) * | |
| Ever attended school | Yes | 14,583 (46.3) | 1436 (10.9) | 0 |
| No | 16,894 (53.7) | 1834 (12.1) | 1.13 (1.05 – 1.21) * | |
| Visual impairment | No | 13,995(44.6) | 1344(9.6) | 0 |
| Yes | 17,387(55.4) | 1926(11.07) | 1.11 (0.98 – 1.31) * | |
| Hearing impairment | No | 28,225 (89.9) | 2871(10.17) | 0 |
| Yes | 3155 (10.1) | 399(12.6) | 1.25 (1.09 – 1.56) * | |
| Balance impairment | No | 19,488(78.0) | 1380(7.08) | 0 |
| Yes | 5481(22.0) | 1890(34.48) | 1.28 (1.18 – 1.37) * | |
| Gait speed | above 0.84 | 6592(24.6) | 634(9.61) | 0 |
| 0.60–0.84 | 13,420(50.1) | 1363(10.15) | 1.07 (0.97 – 1.19) * | |
| 0–0.59 | 6755(25.2) | 1273(18.84) | 1.31 (1.17 – 1.46) * |
*p-value < 0.05. The reference categories were male, age group 60–69 years, no visual and hearing impairment, no balance impairment and gait speed above 0.8 m/s. Note that the percentage are computed based on the total number of observations for each variable