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Table 2 Number of men and women in sample by education level, gender, age, ethnicity and location

From: Cardiovascular disease risk factors and socioeconomic variables in a nation undergoing epidemiologic transition

Age/Ethnicity/	Men					Women
Location/Region	University	Technical	Secondary	Primary	None	University	Technical	Secondary	Primary	None
30 – 39	136	23	190	35	7	191	14	403	101	37
40 – 49	325	49	584	191	68	389	27	984	357	138
50 – 59	323	35	581	451	122	269	20	711	578	332
60 – 69	146	12	280	451	155	50	9	204	405	336
≥ 70	16	9	62	171	179	7	10	22	85	250
Malay	725	108	1305	1015	266	710	45	1835	1138	572
Chinese	171	17	190	58	24	185	28	274	99	54
Indian	51	7	52	14	9	53	4	66	25	17
Others	23	3	173	214	227	25	4	191	263	447
Urban	867	103	961	357	112	867	64	1361	452	219
Rural	104	32	760	942	422	107	17	1010	1072	876
WPM	616	92	1017	580	224	559	45	1365	699	518
EPM	272	35	551	496	216	145	16	504	440	434
EM	83	8	153	225	94	270	20	502	389	1689

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