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Table 2 Noncommunicable disease prevalence (%) by wealth quintile, and wealth-related inequality among adults of 41 low- and middle-income countries, World Health Survey 2002-04

From: Socioeconomic inequality in the prevalence of noncommunicable diseases in low- and middle-income countries: Results from the World Health Survey

    

Angina

Arthritis

Asthma

Depression

Diabetes

Co-morbidity

    

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Men

Middle-income group

Wealth quintile 1

 

13.0

11.9

14.1

6.9

6.1

7.7

9.5

8.4

10.6

5.5

4.7

6.2

2.7

2.2

3.2

8.3

7.4

9.1

  

Wealth quintile 2

 

10.5

9.2

11.8

6.8

6.0

7.6

7.7

6.7

8.6

4.0

3.2

4.8

3.0

2.4

3.6

6.6

5.8

7.4

  

Wealth quintile 3

 

9.8

8.8

10.8

6.5

5.8

7.2

6.6

5.8

7.4

3.9

3.3

4.6

4.1

3.5

4.7

6.3

5.5

7.0

  

Wealth quintile 4

 

8.9

8.0

9.8

7.0

6.2

7.8

5.7

5.0

6.4

4.4

3.7

5.2

3.7

3.2

4.2

6.1

5.3

6.8

  

Wealth quintile 5

 

6.9

6.0

7.8

5.1

4.3

5.8

4.1

3.5

4.7

2.3

1.8

2.8

4.3

3.8

4.9

4.1

3.4

4.8

  

Slope index of inequality

Model 1*

7.3

5.0

9.6

2.4

0.3

4.5

5.4

3.4

7.5

2.5

1.1

3.8

-1.7

-2.8

-0.5

4.6

2.5

6.6

   

Model 2**

6.4

3.7

9.1

1.5

-1.0

4.0

3.2

1.0

5.4

2.9

1.0

4.8

-0.8

-2.2

0.6

3.5

1.0

6.0

 

Low-income group

Wealth quintile 1

 

10.8

9.9

11.6

4.5

3.9

5.1

6.7

5.9

7.5

5.7

5.0

6.4

0.7

0.4

1.0

5.7

5.1

6.4

  

Wealth quintile 2

 

10.9

10.0

11.8

5.0

4.4

5.6

5.7

5.0

6.4

4.8

4.2

5.5

1.0

0.7

1.3

5.1

4.4

5.7

  

Wealth quintile 3

 

9.3

8.4

10.2

4.2

3.7

4.7

5.9

5.2

6.7

4.8

4.1

5.4

1.2

0.9

1.4

4.9

4.2

5.5

  

Wealth quintile 4

 

8.2

7.4

9.0

4.7

4.0

5.4

5.4

4.7

6.0

4.7

4.0

5.5

1.4

1.1

1.7

4.4

3.7

5.1

  

Wealth quintile 5

 

6.6

5.7

7.4

3.7

3.2

4.3

4.4

3.8

5.0

4.1

3.5

4.7

2.5

2.1

2.9

3.3

2.7

3.9

  

Slope index of inequality

Model 1*

7.8

5.9

9.8

2.2

0.8

3.7

4.1

2.7

5.4

2.5

0.8

4.2

-3.4

-4.5

-2.2

5.0

3.5

6.5

   

Model 2**

5.0

2.8

7.3

0.6

-1.0

2.3

2.5

0.7

4.4

2.0

0.2

3.9

-1.4

-2.7

-0.2

3.5

1.6

5.4

Women

Middle-income group

Wealth quintile 1

 

18.6

17.4

19.9

9.6

8.7

10.4

9.2

8.4

10.1

9.1

8.2

10.0

4.2

3.6

4.9

12.2

11.3

13.1

  

Wealth quintile 2

 

16.9

15.7

18.1

10.5

9.6

11.4

7.8

6.9

8.6

7.3

6.6

8.1

4.9

4.3

5.5

11.4

10.4

12.4

  

Wealth quintile 3

 

15.6

14.4

16.8

10.1

9.3

11.0

7.1

6.3

7.8

7.0

6.1

7.8

4.6

4.1

5.1

10.4

9.5

11.3

  

Wealth quintile 4

 

13.4

12.3

14.5

10.3

9.4

11.1

5.4

4.8

5.9

7.5

6.7

8.3

5.2

4.5

5.8

9.5

8.7

10.4

  

Wealth quintile 5

 

11.9

10.8

12.9

9.8

8.9

10.7

5.6

5.0

6.2

5.1

4.4

5.8

5.6

4.9

6.3

8.3

7.5

9.2

  

Slope index of inequality

Model 1*

10.6

7.2

13.9

1.0

-1.5

3.5

4.9

1.7

8.2

3.7

1.9

5.5

-2.2

-4.9

0.5

4.8

1.7

7.8

   

Model 2**

10.4

6.7

14.2

1.2

-1.8

4.3

4.4

0.9

8.0

3.6

1.4

5.8

-2.5

-5.7

0.7

4.3

0.8

7.9

 

Low-income group

Wealth quintile 1

 

15.4

14.4

16.3

6.3

5.6

7.0

6.4

5.7

7.1

8.6

7.7

9.4

0.6

0.4

0.9

7.3

6.6

8.0

  

Wealth quintile 2

 

15.7

14.7

16.8

6.6

5.9

7.2

7.4

6.6

8.2

8.5

7.7

9.3

1.0

0.7

1.2

7.9

7.2

8.7

  

Wealth quintile 3

 

14.0

12.9

15.2

6.8

6.0

7.5

6.5

5.7

7.3

8.2

7.4

9.1

1.1

0.8

1.4

7.4

6.6

8.2

  

Wealth quintile 4

 

13.2

12.1

14.3

5.8

5.1

6.4

5.8

5.1

6.5

7.6

6.8

8.4

1.7

1.3

2.0

6.4

5.7

7.1

  

Wealth quintile 5

 

11.9

10.6

13.2

5.5

4.7

6.3

5.9

5.2

6.6

5.8

5.0

6.6

3.2

2.7

3.7

6.3

5.5

7.2

  

Slope index of inequality

Model 1*

7.0

4.3

9.7

2.0

0.3

3.6

1.1

-0.4

2.6

4.2

2.3

6.2

-4.0

-5.3

-2.8

3.1

1.4

4.8

   

Model 2**

4.9

1.1

8.7

1.1

-1.1

3.2

0.5

-1.3

2.2

1.8

-0.7

4.3

-2.7

-3.9

-1.6

1.2

-0.9

3.3

  1. * Model 1 is adjusted for country of residence and age.
  2. ** Model 2 is adjusted for country of residence, age, marital status, urban/rural area and education.