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Table 2 Prevalence of Diagnoses by Age and Sex

From: The prevalence and social patterning of chronic diseases among older people in a population undergoing health transition. A 10/66 Group cross-sectional population-based survey in the Dominican Republic

  

Prevalence of diagnoses by age and sex (% with 95% confidence intervals)

Diagnoses

Sex

65-69

N = 533

70-74

N = 520

75-79

N = 397

80+

N = 561

All

N = 2011

Dementia

(10/66 criterion)

F

3.5

1.6, 5.4

7.1

4.3, 9.9

11.7

7.8, 15.5

25.5

21.2, 29.8

12.5

10.8, 14.3

 

M

4.8

1.7, 7.8

6.1

2.8, 9.5

14.5

8.5, 20.5

17.2

11.5, 22.9

10.1

7.8, 12.3

Stroke

F

4.7

2.4, 6.9

9.0

5.9, 12.1

5.3

2.6, 7.9

10.7

7.7, 13.8

7.6

6.2, 9.1

MV1 = 6

M

9.0

4.9, 13.1

13.8

8.9, 18.6

7.6

3.1, 12.2

11.9

7.0, 16.8

10.8

8.5, 13.2

Myocardial infarction

F

1.7

0.4, 3.1

2.2

0.6, 3.8

2.3

0, 5, 4.0

1.5

0.3, 2.7

1.9

1.2, 2.6

MV = 35

M

1.6

0.0, 3.4

1.5

0.0, 3.3

1.5

0.0, 3.6

1.2

0.0, 2.8

1.5

0.6, 2.4

Angina

F

1.2

0.0, 2.3

2.2

0.6, 3.8

0.4

0.0, 1.1

1.3

0.2, 2.4

1.3

0.7, 1.9

MV = 25

M

1.1

0.0, 2.5

0.5

0.0, 1.5

1.5

0.0, 3.6

1.8

0.0, 3.8

1.2

0.4, 2.0

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

F

6.1

3.6, 8.7

7.1

4.3, 9.9

6.0

3.2, 8.9

5.6

3.3, 7.9

6.2

4.9, 7.5

MV = 3

M

6.4

2.9, 9.9

6.6

3.1, 10.1

9.9

4.8, 15.0

10.1

5.6, 14.7

8.1

6.0, 10.1

Hypertension (meets ISH criteria, and/or currently on treatment)

F

71.0

66.2, 75.8

76.4

71.8, 81.0

75.2

70.0, 80.3

77.6

73.4, 81.8

75.1

72.7, 77.5

MV = 13

M

67.7

61.1, 74.4

72.2

65.9, 78.5

68.2

60.2, 76.3

67.3

60.1, 74.5

69.0

65.5, 72.5

Diabetes (self-reported diagnosis and/or blood glucose of > 7 mmol/l)

F

20.5

15.7, 25.4

22.2

17.0, 27.3

15.3

10.3, 20.2

15.6

11.4, 19.8

18.4

16.0, 20.9

 

M

20.5

13.6, 27.3

16.5

10.2, 22.9

14.4

7.2, 21.7

10.1

4.7, 15.5

15.6

12.3, 18.9

Anaemia

F

30.7

25.1, 36.2

25.5

20.0, 31.0

38.8

32.1, 45.6

39.0

33.4, 44.6

33.4

30.5, 36.3

MV = 10

M

28.8

21.1, 36.5

31.8

23.9, 39.8

40.0

29.9, 50.1

54.6

45.7, 63.6

38.3

33.8, 42.7

ICD-10 depression

F

14.0

10.3, 17.7

13.9

10.1, 17.8

16.2

11.7, 20.6

16.8

13.1, 20.5

15.3

13.2, 17.2

 

M

8.5

4.5, 12.4

6.6

3.1, 10.1

16.0

9.7, 22.3

15.4

9.9, 20.8

11.1

8.7, 13.4

  1. 1. MV = missing values