Table 2.
The Prevalence of Frailty* Among Older Men and Women, by Country
| China | India | Mexico | Russian Federation | South Africa | Ghana | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weighted Percent（%） | Number | Weighted Percent（%） | Number | Weighted Percent（%） | Number | Weighted Percent（%） | Number | Weighted Percent（%） | Number | Weighted Percent（%） | Number | |
| Total | 14.5 | 13 028 | 51.6 | 6 377 | 34.3 | 2 257 | 39.9 | 3 751 | 41.3 | 3 780 | 39.2 | 4 266 |
| Age group | ||||||||||||
| 50–59 | 7.8 | 5 687 | 40.2 | 2 919 | 24.5 | 430 | 19.9 | 1 427 | 35.8 | 1 681 | 22.0 | 1 686 |
| 60–69 | 15.0 | 3 900 | 55.3 | 2 187 | 34.6 | 924 | 42.9 | 1 026 | 41.5 | 1 221 | 37.2 | 1 194 |
| 70–79 | 24.5 | 2 733 | 70.4 | 1 017 | 49.2 | 600 | 63.4 | 971 | 49.2 | 650 | 56.8 | 973 |
| 80+ | 41.2 | 750 | 87.0 | 292 | 59.2 | 302 | 86.6 | 327 | 67.8 | 245 | 74.5 | 418 |
| Gender | ||||||||||||
| Men | 11.9 | 6 124 | 41.2 | 3 250 | 29.5 | 894 | 35.7 | 1 334 | 36.2 | 1 618 | 34.1 | 2 237 |
| Women | 17.4 | 6 946 | 62.6 | 3 165 | 38.5 | 1 355 | 43.2 | 2 417 | 45.0 | 2 179 | 44.8 | 2 034 |
| Residence | ||||||||||||
| Urban | 13.7 | 6 362 | 47.1 | 1 657 | 31.9 | 1 657 | 38.1 | 2 894 | 40.7 | 2 532 | 38.6 | 1 741 |
| Rural | 15.6 | 6 709 | 53.4 | 4 758 | 43.2 | 604 | 44.3 | 862 | 42.0 | 1 264 | 39.6 | 2 530 |
*Frailty was defined as the accumulation of deficits using the frailty index approach. Index values of 0 to less than 0.2 were categorized as not frail, index values of 0.2–1.0 were categorized as frail.