Table 1.
Demographic data of survey respondents.
| Total N (%) 3079 (100.0) |
NCDs N (%) 1526 (49.6) |
No NCD N (%) 1553 (50.4) |
p-Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age group (y) | ||||||
| 18 to 24 | 76 (2.5) | 17 (1.1) | 59 (3.8) | <0.001 * | ||
| 25 to 39 | 1625 (52.8) | 727 (47.6) | 898 (57.8) | |||
| 40 to 59 | 1179 (38.3) | 652 (42.7) | 527 (33.9) | |||
| 60 and above | 196 (6.4) | 128 (8.4) | 68 (4.4) | |||
| No response | 3 (0.1) | 2 (0.1) | 1 (0.1) | |||
| Gender | ||||||
| Women | 2554 (82.9) | 1272 (83.4) | 1282 (82.5) | 0.889 | ||
| Men | 514 (16.7) | 248 (16.3) | 266 (17.1) | |||
| Other/No response | 11 (0.4) | 6 (0.4) | 5 (0.3) | |||
| WHO Region of Origin | ||||||
| The Region of the Americas (AMRO) | 2073 (67.3) | 1094 (52.8) | 979 (47.2) | |||
| The European Region (EURO) | 60 (1.9) | 18 (30.0) | 42 (70.0) | |||
| The Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMRO) | 217 (7) | 75 (34.6) | 142 (65.4) | |||
| The African Region (AFRO) | 24 (0.8) | 10 (41.7) | 14 (58.3) | |||
| The South-East Asia Region (SEARO) | 49 (1.6) | 26 (53.1) | 23 (46.9) | |||
| The Western Pacific Region (WPRO) | 211 (6.9) | 86 (40.8) | 125 (59.2) | |||
| Region not specified | 445 (14.5) | 217 (48.8) | 228 (51.2) | |||
| Education Level | ||||||
| No school | 5 (0.2) | 3 (0.2) | 2 (0.1) | 0.653 | ||
| Primary/Elementary | 7 (0.2) | 3 (0.2) | 4 (0.3) | |||
| Secondary/High School | 110 (3.6) | 63 (4.1) | 47 (3) | |||
| Bachelor or equivalent | 988 (32.1) | 485 (31.8) | 503 (32.4) | |||
| Postgraduate | 1964 (63.8) | 969 (63.5) | 995 (64.1) | |||
| Other/No response | 5 (0.2) | 3 (0.2) | 2 (0.1) | |||
| Employment Status | ||||||
| Employed (part-time or full-time) | 2535 (82.3) | 1240 (81.3) | 1295 (83.4) | <0.001 * | ||
| Homemaker | 149 (4.8) | 71 (4.7) | 78 (5) | |||
| Retired | 148 (4.8) | 106 (6.9) | 42 (2.7) | |||
| Student | 137 (4.4) | 47 (3.1) | 90 (5.8) | |||
| Unemployed | 103 (3.3) | 58 (3.8) | 45 (2.9) | |||
| Other/No response | 7 (0.2) | 4 (0.3) | 3 (0.2) | |||
| Number of NCD | ||||||
| 0 | 1553 (50.4) | 0 (0) | 1553 (100) | <0.001 * | ||
| 1 | 1254 (40.7) | 1254 (82.2) | 0 (0) | |||
| 2 | 244 (7.9) | 244 (16) | 0 (0) | |||
| ≥3 | 28 (0.9) | 28 (1.8) | 0 (0) | |||
| NCD category (ICD11) | ||||||
| 05 Endocrine, nutritional or metabolic diseases | 1011 (32.2) | 1011 (66.3) | 0 (0) | <0.001 * | ||
| 11 Diseases of the circulatory system | 331 (10.8) | 331 (21.7) | 0 (0) | |||
| 12 Diseases of the respiratory system | 239 (7.8) | 239 (15.7) | 0 (0) | |||
| 08 Diseases of the nervous system | 72 (2.3) | 72 (4.7) | 0 (0) | |||
| 02 Neoplasms | 35 (1.1) | 35 (3.2) | 0 (0) | |||
| Other diseases | 69 (2.2) | 69 (4.5) | 0 (0) | |||
| Functioning levels and social participation restriction | ||||||
| Seeing/Hearing | 479 (15.6) | 289 (18.9) | 190 (18.6) | <0.001 * | ||
| Walking or climbing steps | 514 (16.7) | 339 (22.21) | 175 (11.3) | <0.001 * | ||
| Remembering or concentrating (cognitive difficulty) | 345 (11.2) | 164 (10.7) | 145 (9.3) | 0.01 * | ||
| Self-care (washing oneself, using the toilet, dressing, eating, and drinking) | 149 (4.9) | 99 (6.5) | 50 (3.2) | <0.001 * | ||
| Communicating (understanding or being understood) | 371 (12.0) | 202 (13.2) | 169 (10.9) | 0.13 | ||
| Domestic life (shopping, cooking, cleaning house, washing dishes, and doing laundry) | 420 (13.6) | 247 (16.2) | 173 (11.1) | <0.001 * | ||
| Community, social, and civic life (community, recreation, and religion) | 1164 (37.8) | 638 (41.8) | 526 (33.9) | <0.001 * | ||
| Relationships (strangers, family, friends, and colleagues) | 1262 (41.0) | 678 (44.4) | 584 (37.6) | 0.004 * | ||
* statistically significant.