From: Prevalence and changes in chronic diseases among South Korean farmers: 1998 to 2005
 | 1998 | 2001 | 2005 | |||||||||
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 | Farmers | Manual | Non-manual | Totala | Farmers | Manual | Non-manual | Total | Farmers | Manual | Non-manual | Total |
 | (n = 3,639) | (n = 4,677) | (n = 8,101) | (n = 27,201) | (n = 1,714) | (n = 4,996) | (n = 9,193) | (n = 26,785) | (n = 1,732) | (n = 4,966) | (n = 8,358) | (n = 25,161) |
Sex | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Men | 1,844 (50.7) | 3,364 (71.9) | 4,649 (57.4) | 12,853 (47.3) | 894 (52.2) | 3,642 (72.9) | 5,149 (56.0) | 12,615 (47.1) | 905 (52.3) | 3,492 (70.3) | 4,478 (53.6) | 11,722 (46.6) |
Women | 1,795 (49.3) | 1,313 (28.1) | 3,452 (42.6) | 14,348 (52.8) | 820 (47.8) | 1,354 (27.1) | 4,044 (44.0) | 14,170 (52.9) | 827 (47.8) | 1,474 (29.7) | 3,880 (46.4) | 13,439 (53.4) |
Age (years) | 55.3 ± 12.2 | 41.9 ± 11.3 | 37.7 ± 10.6 | 44.0 ± 15.7 | 57.6 ± 11.4 | 43.1 ± 11.1 | 38.4 ± 10.8 | 44.0 ± 15.5 | 59.4 ± 11.0 | 45.2 ± 11.5 | 39.1 ± 11.0 | 45.7 ± 15.8 |
Educational level | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
≤ Elementary | 2,450 (67.3) | 1,191 (25.5) | 623 (7.7) | 7,729 (28.4) | 1,151 (67.2) | 994 (19.9) | 544 (5.9) | 5,837 (21.8) | 1,103 (63.7) | 997 (20.1) | 420 (5.0) | 5,561 (22.1) |
Middle | 577 (15.9) | 1,056 (22.6) | 742 (9.2) | 3,705 (13.6) | 293 (17.1) | 1,031 (20.7) | 700 (7.6) | 3,285 (12.3) | 300 (17.3) | 924 (18.6) | 514 (6.2) | 2,873 (11.4) |
High | 544 (15.0) | 2,156 (46.1) | 3,287 (40.6) | 9,572 (35.2) | 227 (13.3) | 2,456 (49.2) | 3,540 (38.6) | 9,820 (36.7) | 274 (15.8) | 2,479 (50.0) | 2,833 (33.9) | 8,618 (34.3) |
≥ University | 68 (1.9) | 274 (5.9) | 3,449 (42.6) | 6,195 (22.8) | 42 (2.5) | 507 (10.2) | 4,387 (47.8) | 7,790 (29.1) | 55 (3.2) | 562 (11.3) | 4,589 (54.9) | 8,081 (32.2) |
Marital status | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
Single | 101 (2.8) | 646 (13.8) | 1,689 (20.9) | 4,499 (16.5) | 34 (2.0) | 643 (12.9) | 2,116 (23.0) | 4,791 (17.9) | 39 (2.3) | 663 (13.4) | 2,120 (25.4) | 4,657 (18.5) |
Married | 3,139 (86.3) | 3,625 (77.5) | 6,080 (75.1) | 19,645 (72.2) | 1,489 (86.9) | 3,829 (76.6) | 6,608 (71.9) | 18,952 (70.8) | 1,480 (85.5) | 3,683 (74.2) | 5,689 (68.1) | 17,212 (68.5) |
Others | 399 (11.0) | 406 (8.7) | 332 (4.1) | 3,057 (11.2) | 190 (11.1) | 524 (10.5) | 467 (5.1) | 3,036(11.3) | 213 (12.3) | 619 (12.5) | 549 (6.6) | 3,266 (13.0) |
Income b | 85.3 ± 83.7 | 127.4 ± 79.8 | 177.3 ± 110.3 | 132.2 ± 101.7 | 105.3 ± 77.2 | 163.6 ± 93.2 | 227.9 ± 132.0 | 180.1 ± 123.5 | 155.4 ± 140.5 | 210.2 ± 125.7 | 305.7 ± 176.1 | 234.8 ± 165.8 |
Area | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Rural | 3,390 (93.2) | 1,354 (29.0) | 1,650 (20.4) | 9,520 (35.0) | 1,564 (91.3) | 890 (17.8) | 1,216 (13.2) | 5,639 (21.1) | 1,497 (86.4) | 858 (17.3) | 937 (11.2) | 4,964 (19.7) |
Urban | 249 (6.8) | 3,323 (71.1) | 6,451 (79.6) | 17,681 (65.0) | 150 (8.8) | 4,106 (82.2) | 7,977 (86.8) | 21,146 (79.0) | 235 (13.6) | 4,108 (82.7) | 7,421 (88.8) | 20,197 (80.3) |
Smoking status c | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
Never | 681 (55.6) | 598 (37.7) | 1,343 (50.6) | 4,965 (56.3) | 237 (55.8) | 572 (40.1) | 1,531 (53.8) | 4,762 (60.1) | 264 (52.9) | 579 (36.4) | 1,414 (53.5) | 4,354 (56.6) |
Former | 130 (10.6) | 164 (10.3) | 239 (9.0) | 776 (8.8) | 45 (10.6) | 150 (10.5) | 274 (9.6) | 710 (9.0) | 117 (23.5) | 296 (18.6) | 467 (17.7) | 1,271 (16.5) |
Current | 414 (33.8) | 825 (52.0) | 1,075 (40.5) | 3,082 (34.9) | 143 (33.7) | 706 (49.4) | 1,038 (36.5) | 2,449 (30.9) | 118 (23.7) | 716 (45.0) | 763 (28.9) | 2,069 (26.9) |
Alcohol consumption frequency c | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | ||
None | 560 (45.7) | 371 (23.4) | 630 (23.7) | 2,952 (33.5) | 236 (55.9) | 546 (38.5) | 1,152 (40.7) | 3,975 (50.4) | 279 (55.9) | 566 (35.6) | 1,031 (39.0) | 3,718 (48.3) |
   ≤ 2/week | 334 (27.3) | 717 (45.2) | 1,310 (49.3) | 3,875 (43.9) | 106 (25.1) | 589 (41.5) | 1,291 (45.6) | 2,923 (37.1) | 98 (19.6) | 644 (40.5) | 1,214 (45.9) | 2,829 (36.8) |
   ≥ 3/week | 331 (27.0) | 499 (31.4) | 717 (27.0) | 1,996 (22.6) | 80 (19.0) | 285 (20.1) | 391 (13.8) | 982 (12.5) | 122 (24.5) | 381 (24.0) | 399 (15.1) | 1,147 (14.9) |
Medical check-up c (past 2 years) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | ||
   Yes | 533 (43.5) | 859 (54.1) | 1,599 (60.2) | 4,268 (48.4) | 195 (45.9) | 754 (52.9) | 1,581 (55.6) | 3,799 (48.0) | 282 (56.5) | 848 (53.3) | 1,520 (57.5) | 3.906 (50.8) |
   No | 692 (56.5) | 728 (45.9) | 1,058 (39.8) | 4,555 (51.6) | 230 (54.1) | 671 (47.1) | 1.262 (44.4) | 4,116 (52.0) | 217 (43.5) | 742 (46.7) | 1,124 (42.5) | 3,787 (49.2) |