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Table 2 Prevalence (%) of needs for care with 95% confidence intervals, by age and gender

From: The epidemiology of dependency among urban-dwelling older people in the Dominican Republic; a cross-sectional survey

 

65–69

70–74

75–79

80+

Total

No care

     

Women

97.4 [95.0,98.6]

n = 334

91.6 [88.1,94.2]

91.7

n = 296

92.1 [88.2,94.8]

n = 244

70.4 [65.7,74.7]

n = 276

86.9 [85.0,88.6]

n = 1150

Men

95.7 [91.7,97.9]

n = 179

92.8 [88.2,95.7]

n = 181

87.9 [81.1,92.4]

n = 116

84.5 [78.2,89.3]

n = 142

90.6 [88.2,92.6]

n = 618

Total

96.8 [94.9,98.0]

n = 514

92.1 [89.5,94.1]

n = 478

90.7 [87.4,93.2]

n = 360

74.6 [70.9,78.1]

n = 418

88.2 [86.7,89.5]

n = 1770

Some care

     

Women

0.9 [0.3,2.7]

n = 3

4.0 [2.3,6.8]

n = 13

3.8 [2.0,6.9]

n = 10

10.5 [7.7,14.0]

n = 41

5.1 [4.0,6.4]

n = 67

Men

2.1 [0.8,5.6]

n = 4

2.6 [1.1,6.0]

n = 5

3.8 [1.6,8.8]

n = 5

7.7 [4.5,12.9]

n = 13

4.0 [2.7,5.7]

n = 27

Total

1.3 [0.6,2.7]

n = 7

3.5 [2.2,5.4]

n = 18

3.8 [2.3,6.2]

n = 15

9.6 [7.4,12.4]

n = 54

4.7 [3.8,5.7]

n = 94

Much care

     

Women

1.7 [0.8,3.8]

n = 6

4.3 [2.6,7.2]

n = 14

4.2 [2.3,7.3]

n = 11

19.1 [15.6,23.3]

n = 75

8.0 [6.7,9.6]

n = 106

Men

2.1 [0.8,5.6]

n = 4

4.6 [2.4,8.6]

n = 9

8.3 [4.7,14.4]

n = 11

7.7 [4.5,12.9]

n = 13

5.4 [4.0,7.4]

n = 37

Total

1.9 [1.0,3.5]

n = 10

4.4 [3.0,6.6]

n = 23

5.5 [3.7,8.3]

n = 22

15.7 [12.9,19.0]

n = 88

7.1 [6.1,8.3]

n = 143

Any care (some or much)

     

Women

2.6 [1.4,5.0]

n = 9

8.4 [5.8,11.9]

n = 27

7.9 [5.2,11.9]

n = 21

29.6 [25.3,34.3]

n = 116

13.1 [11.4,15.0]

n = 173

Men

4.3 [2.2,8.3]

n = 8

7.2 [4.3,11.8]

n = 14

12.1 [7.6,18.9]

n = 16

15.5 [10.8,21.8]

n = 26

9.4 [7.4,11.8]

n = 64

Total

3.2 [2.0,5.1]

n = 17

7.9 [5.9,10.5]

n = 41

9.3 [6.8,12.6]

n = 37

25.4 [21.9,29.1]

n = 142

11.8 [10.5,13.3]

n = 237