Prevalence of diabetes in Northern African countries: the case of Tunisia

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Distribution of environmental and socio demographic factors among 35–70 years Tunisian adults, by gender (n = 7700)

	Men		Women
	n	Weighted %	n	Weighted %
	3225	48.4	4475	51.6
Environment
Area	3225		4475
Urban	1870	67.7	2527	66.6
Rural	1355	32.3	1948	33.4
Region	3225		4475
District of Tunis	401	25.8	603	25.3
North East	505	14.3	544	13.7
North West	484	13.1	687	13.5
Centre East	483	21.4	599	21.5
Centre West	510	11.9	669	12.2
South East	427	8.3	681	8.5
South West	415	5.2	692	5.3
Familial & demographic factors
Familial history T2D	3211		4457
Yes	717	25.2	1096	27.1
No	2494	74.8	3361	72.8
Age (year)	3225		4475
35-39	580	18.4	839	21.0
40-44	716	23.6	880	22.1
45-49	583	18.2	827	16.5
50-54	435	13.5	671	14.1
55-59	306	10.1	470	10.3
60-64	247	7.1	335	7.4
65+	358	9.1	453	8.6
Parity			4192
0-3	-	-	1306	37.4
4-5	-	-	1289	31.2
6+	-	-	1597	31.4
Socio-economic factors
Economic level of the household	3056		4233
1st quintile	687	18.5	1074	20.9
2nd quintile	669	18.5	1036	21.2
3rd quintile	609	18.7	886	19.5
4th quintile	606	22.1	705	19.0
5th quintile	485	22.2	532	19.4
Level of education of head of household	3186		4386
No formal schooling	887	23.5	1996	38.8
Primary school	1327	41.4	1557	36.8
Secondary	722	24.3	662	17.3
University	250	10.8	201	7.2
Level of education	3213		4465
No formal schooling	793	20.1	2265	49.7
Primary school	1290	38.9	1322	31.0
Secondary	864	29.6	493	15.4
University	266	11.5	97	3.8
Professional activity	2767		2945
Unemployed/retired	94	3.2	2304	71.0
Employee/worker	1763	61.7	384	16.9
Intermediate	466	18.0	178	7.9
Upper	444	17.1	79	4.2

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