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Table 2 Age-standardized prevalence of chronic diseases and health service utilization by occupational groups and gender in three Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys

From: Prevalence and changes in chronic diseases among South Korean farmers: 1998 to 2005

  

1998

 

2001

 

2005

 
 

Cases

ASP (95%CI)a

Cases

ASP (95% CI)

Cases

ASP (95% CI)

Change (95% CI)b

Men

Overall chronic diseases c

Farmers

1,029

37.4 (34.1, 40.8)

533

35.2 (32.1, 38.5)

506

34.8 (29.6, 40.5)

-2.6 (-8.6, 3.6)

Manual

1,064

33.6 (31.4, 35.9)

1,209

34.4 (32.2, 36.7)

1,362

39.1 (37.1, 41.1)

5.5 (2.5, 8.5)

Non-manual

1,294

30.5 (28.5, 32.5)

1,532

33.3 (31.4, 35.2)

1,503

37.1 (35.3, 38.9)

6.6 (3.9, 9.3)

Totald

4,634

34.6 (33.3, 35.9)

4,585

35.4 (34.4, 36.5)

4,799

38.2 (37.2, 39.2)

3.6 (2.0, 5.3)

Self-rated health "good to excellent"

Farmers

252

42.7 (35.7, 45.0)

89

62.3 (55.6, 68.5)

312

57.7 (51.4, 63.8)

15.0 (5.4, 24.7)

Manual

513

45.8 (42.4, 49.2)

498

50.3 (46.9, 53.7)

1,709

51.2 (49.1, 53.3)

5.4 (1.3, 9.5)

Non-manual

758

50.8 (47.3, 54.3)

855

55.2 (52.2, 58.1)

2,624

58.0 (56.0, 60.0)

7.2 (3.2, 11.2)

Total

1,916

46.6 (44.9, 48.3)

1,784

50.5 (48.7, 52.4)

5,825

52.7 (51.6, 53.9)

6.1 (4.0, 8.2)

Doctor visits (past 2 weeks)

Farmers

592

25.4 (22.2, 28.8)

276

20.5 (15.9, 26.1)

326

29.5 (22.3, 37.8)

4.1 (-3.1, 11.3)

Manual

819

25.5 (23.5, 27.6)

573

16.3 (14.9, 17.9)

705

21.3 (19.7, 23.0)

-4.2 (-6.9, -1.6)

Non-manual

1,035

23.1 (21.3, 25.1)

639

15.1 (13.6, 16.7)

841

21.0 (19.4, 22.7)

-2.1 (-4.6, 0.3)

Total

3,212

24.7 (23.7, 25.6)

2,164

16.7 (16.0, 17.4)

2,723

21.5 (20.7, 22.4)

-3.2 (-4.4, -1.9)

Hospitalizations (past 12 months)

Farmers

146

6.2 (4.7, 8.3)

50

7.0 (4.4, 11.1)

106

6.8 (5.2, 8.8)

0.6 (-2.2, 3.4)

Manual

150

4.7 (3.8, 5.7)

138

4.4 (3.4, 5.8)

307

9.8 (8.3, 11.5)

5.1 (3.3, 7.0)

Non-manual

162

3.6 (2.9, 4.5)

154

3.5 (2.7, 4.6)

261

6.1 (5.2, 7.1)

2.5 (1.2, 3.6)

Total

668

4.9 (4.5, 5.4)

539

4.2 (3.8, 4.5)

1,031

8.5 (7.9, 9.1)

3.6 (2.8, 4.2)

Women

Overall chronic diseases

Farmers

1,306

52.7 (49.6, 55.8)

610

57.4 (53.6, 61.0)

622

61.3 (50.1, 71.5)

8.6 (0.1, 17.2)

Manual

623

43.9 (40.8, 47.0)

669

48.9 (46.1, 51.8)

787

51.4 (48.1, 54.6)

7.5 (3.0, 12.0)

Non-manual

1,093

41.3 (39.0, 43.6)

1,312

43.5 (41.7, 45.2)

1,433

48.0 (46.3, 49.7)

6.7 (3.9, 9.6)

Total

6,934

46.9 (45.7, 48.2)

6,548

46.4 (45.5, 47.4)

7,029

50.4 (49.5, 51.4)

3.5 (1.9, 5.0)

Self-rated health "good to excellent"

Farmers

200

37.9 (32.1, 44.0)

53

39.2 (29.3, 50.1)

144

28.7 (19.5, 40.2)

-9.2 (-22.2, 3.9)

Manual

190

41.8 (36.4, 47.5)

139

37.3 (31.7, 43.2)

481

35.1 (31.7, 38.7)

-6.7 (-13.7, 0.3)

Non-manual

514

45.5 (41.9, 49.1)

601

44.1 (41.0, 47.3)

1,993

45.8 (43.5, 48.1)

0.3 (-4.3, 5.0)

Total

1,801

38.4 (36.7, 40.0)

1,696

39.8 (38.0, 41.6)

5,158

40.3 (39.3, 41.3)

1.9 (-0.0, 3.9)

Doctor visits (past 2 weeks)

Farmers

718

32.9 (29.1, 37.0)

299

23.6 (19.7, 27.9)

395

40.5 (33.2, 48.2)

7.6 (-0.1, 15.3)

Manual

485

33.4 (30.6, 36.3)

377

27.3 (24.4, 30.4)

453

28.7 (25.8, 31.9)

-4.7 (-8.8, -0.4)

Non-manual

1,015

35.7 (33.0, 38.5)

722

23.4 (20.5, 26.5)

920

30.2 (28.0, 32.5)

-5.5 (-9.0, -1.9)

Total

4,939

34.0 (32.9, 35.1)

3,486

24.6 (23.8, 25.4)

4,356

31.5 (30.6, 32.4)

-2.5 (-3.9, -1.1)

Hospitalizations (past 12 months)

Farmers

96

6.7 (4.5, 10.0)

44

3.8 (2.3, 6.2)

83

16.2 (14.5, 18.0)

9.5 (5.2, 13.6)

Manual

41

3.3 (2.3, 4.6)

36

1.7 (1.2, 2.4)

112

7.0 (5.6, 8.8)

3.7 (1.7, 5.7)

Non-manual

202

5.3 (4.4, 6.5)

99

4.0 (2.4, 6.6)

258

8.4 (6.6, 10.6)

3.1 (0.8, 5.4)

Total

1,133

7.9 (7.4, 8.4)

493

3.5 (3.2, 3.9)

1,423

10.6 (10.0, 11.2)

2.7 (1.9, 3.5)

  1. aAge-standardized prevalence and 95% confidence intervals
  2. bPrevalence change from 1998 to 2005 and 95% confidence intervals
  3. cOverall prevalence of chronic diseases was defined to be any chronic disease except dental diseases
  4. dTotal population included farmers, manual workers, non-manual workers, and others