Table 4 Number (n) reporting each health problem (Q 13-14) by age (years) and sex (N = 43,112)
From: Disability among elderly rural villagers: report of a survey from Gonoshasthaya Kendra, Bangladesh
<60 | 60 < 65 | 65 < 70 | 70 < 75 | 75 < 80 | 80 < 85 | >85 | TOTAL | ||||||||||
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n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
Pain in joints | men | 763 | 55.7 | 2710 | 70.6 | 3704 | 73.4 | 3811 | 75.7 | 2001 | 74.0 | 1528 | 76.9 | 1366 | 75.6 | 15883 | 72.9 |
women | 1136 | 68.7 | 3995 | 78.3 | 4573 | 81.3 | 3539 | 84.0 | 1380 | 82.5 | 1384 | 86.1 | 1211 | 83.4 | 17218 | 80.7 | |
Chest pain | men | 386 | 28.2 | 1466 | 38.2 | 2041 | 40.5 | 2155 | 42.8 | 1109 | 41.0 | 868 | 43.7 | 751 | 41.6 | 8776 | 40.3 |
women | 597 | 36.1 | 2298 | 45.0 | 2547 | 45.3 | 2007 | 47.6 | 789 | 47.2 | 824 | 51.2 | 705 | 48.6 | 9767 | 45.8 | |
Breathing problems | men | 122 | 8.9 | 591 | 15.4 | 883 | 17.5 | 1115 | 22.2 | 648 | 24.0 | 544 | 27.4 | 534 | 29.6 | 4437 | 20.4 |
women | 156 | 9.4 | 714 | 14.0 | 794 | 14.1 | 712 | 16.9 | 306 | 18.3 | 344 | 21.4 | 352 | 24.2 | 3378 | 15.8 | |
Urinary incontinence | men | 143 | 10.4 | 706 | 18.4 | 1117 | 22.1 | 1425 | 28.3 | 827 | 30.6 | 683 | 34.4 | 726 | 40.2 | 5627 | 25.8 |
women | 293 | 17.7 | 1309 | 25.7 | 1553 | 27.6 | 1426 | 33.8 | 597 | 35.7 | 653 | 40.6 | 637 | 43.9 | 6486 | 30.3 | |
Uterine prolapse | men | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
women | 99 | 6.0 | 247 | 4.8 | 352 | 6.3 | 255 | 6.0 | 120 | 7.2 | 109 | 6.8 | 101 | 7.0 | 1283 | 6.0 | |
Depression | men | 87 | 6.4 | 630 | 16.4 | 1028 | 20.5 | 1053 | 20.9 | 592 | 21.9 | 491 | 24.7 | 478 | 26.5 | 4359 | 20.0 |
women | 205 | 12.4 | 1209 | 23.7 | 1335 | 23.7 | 1084 | 25.7 | 426 | 25.5 | 475 | 29.5 | 403 | 27.8 | 5137 | 24.1 | |
Stroke/paralysis | men | 10 | 0.7 | 125 | 3.3 | 177 | 3.5 | 194 | 3.9 | 132 | 4.9 | 111 | 5.6 | 134 | 7.4 | 883 | 4.1 |
women | 19 | 1.1 | 162 | 3.2 | 183 | 3.3 | 186 | 4.1 | 93 | 5.6 | 102 | 6.3 | 117 | 8.1 | 862 | 4.0 | |
Itching | men | 183 | 13.4 | 696 | 18.1 | 1059 | 21.0 | 1080 | 21.5 | 680 | 25.1 | 486 | 24.4 | 493 | 27.3 | 4677 | 21.5 |
women | 310 | 18.8 | 1067 | 20.9 | 1238 | 22.0 | 951 | 22.6 | 366 | 21.9 | 398 | 24.8 | 361 | 24.9 | 4691 | 22.0 | |
Sexual difficulties | men | 84 | 6.1 | 174 | 4.5 | 308 | 6.1 | 394 | 7.8 | 262 | 9.7 | 202 | 10.2 | 264 | 14.6 | 1688 | 7.8 |
women | 98 | 5.9 | 224 | 4.4 | 238 | 4.7 | 136 | 3.2 | 49 | 2.9 | 41 | 2.5 | 26 | 1.8 | 812 | 3.8 | |
Other problems | men | 531 | 38.8 | 1393 | 36.3 | 1840 | 36.5 | 1772 | 35.2 | 950 | 35.1 | 688 | 34.6 | 656 | 36.3 | 7830 | 36.0 |
women | 688 | 41.6 | 2069 | 40.6 | 2188 | 38.9 | 1562 | 37.1 | 598 | 35.8 | 585 | 36.4 | 566 | 39.0 | 8258 | 38.7 | |
Hands shaking at rest | men | 18 | 1.3 | 120 | 3.1 | 209 | 4.1 | 288 | 5.7 | 210 | 7.8 | 198 | 10.0 | 262 | 14.5 | 1305 | 6.0 |
women | 36 | 2.2 | 193 | 3.8 | 253 | 4.5 | 300 | 7.1 | 133 | 8.0 | 191 | 11.9 | 223 | 15.4 | 1329 | 6.2 | |
TOTAL N | men | 1369 | 3836 | 5043 | 5033 | 2705 | 1988 | 1806 | 21780 | ||||||||
women | 1653 | 5102 | 5628 | 4215 | 1672 | 1608 | 1452 | 21330 | |||||||||