Disability among elderly rural villagers: report of a survey from Gonoshasthaya Kendra, Bangladesh

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Table 1 Distributions of age, sex, marital status, disability and health problems in the survey population and census-matched subpopulation

	All survey respondents (N = 43417)				Respondents matched to census (N = 17346)
	Men		Women		Men		Women
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Age from survey
<60	1369	6.2	1653	7.7	593	6.2	670	8.5
60 < 65	3836	17.5	5102	23.7	1036	10.9	1246	15.8
65 < 75	5043	23.0	5628	26.2	2261	23.7	2264	28.7
70 < 75	5033	23.0	4215	19.6	2307	24.2	1707	21.6
75 < 80	2705	12.3	1672	7.8	1420	14.9	743	9.4
80 < 85	1988	9.1	1608	7.5	971	10.2	650	8.2
85 < 90	783	3.6	524	2.4	411	4.3	229	2.9
>90	1024	4.7	929	4.3	483	5.1	331	4.2
Unknown	141	0.6	164	0.8	55	0.6	59	0.7
TOTAL	21922	100.0	21495	100.0	9537	100.0	7899	100.0
Living spouse
No	2776	12.7	12199	56.8	1119	11.7	4579	58.0
Yes	19141	87.3	9289	43.2	8416	88.2	3316	42.0
Unknown	5	0.0	7	0.0	2	0.0	4	0.1
TOTAL	21922	100.0	21495	100.0	9537	100.0	7899	100.0
Number of disabilities (Q1-12) (much difficulty or worse)
None	16717	76.3	15489	72.1	7317	76.7	5704	72.2
One	2815	12.8	3084	14.3	1161	12.2	1054	13.3
Two	1034	4.7	1246	5.8	458	4.8	467	5.9
3-5	779	3.6	973	4.5	348	3.6	390	4.9
6 or more	577	2.6	703	3.2	253	2.7	284	3.6
TOTAL	21922	100.0	21495	100.0	9537	100.0	7899	100.0
Number of health problems (Q13)
None	1959	8.9	1237	5.8	944	9.9	528	6.7
One	4088	18.6	3466	16.1	1995	20.9	1485	18.8
Two	6018	27.5	5781	26.9	2597	27.2	2194	27.8
Three	4537	20.7	4985	23.2	1814	19.0	1684	21.3
4 or more	5320	24.3	6026	28.0	2187	22.9	2008	25.4
TOTAL	21922	100.0	21495	100.0	9537	100.0	7899	100.0

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