Table 8 Prevalence of obesity* by age, sex, rural/urban area and income quintiles among persons aged 50 years and older across six countries

Man

50-59

11.8

[10.1,13.7]

7.1

[5.4,9.3]

5.3

[3.5,8.0]

22.8

[12.8,37.4]

34.4

[21.2,50.6]

36.5

[30.8,42.5]

60-69

12.6

[10.6,14.9]

6.5

[4.6,9.1]

2.8

[1.6,5.1]

23.4

[16.8,31.4]

18.5

[9.6,32.8]

43.2

[35.0,51.7]

70-79

10.6

[8.3,13.5]

4.8

[2.8,8.3]

3.3

[1.9,5.7]

17.3

[11.2,25.7]

33.2

[20.1,49.7]

37.4

[27.3,48.7]

80+

9.9

[6.4,15.1]

5.5

[2.3,12.7]

4.0

[1.1,13.8]

16.7

[7.9,31.8]

7.7

[2.6,20.7]

30.7

[18.3,46.7]

Woman

50-59

19.7

[17.8,21.6]

19.5

[15.6,24.1]

10.3

[8.4,12.4]

40.4

[23.9,59.4]

46.6

[40.0,53.4]

53.2

[48.2,58.3]

60-69

19.5

[17.1,22.2]

12.3

[9.8,15.5]

8.1

[5.9,10.9]

36

[27.2,45.8]

44.0

[34.7,53.8]

55.2

[49.0,61.3]

70-79

18.2

[15.0,21.9]

8.2

[5.8,11.4]

6.0

[3.2,11.2]

23.9

[15.3,35.3]

34.1

[24.82,44.9]

40.0

[31.4,49.4]

80+

10.5

[6.8,15.8]

6.4

[3.3,12.1]

3.5

[1.7,7.0]

19.6

[12.0,30.3]

28.9

[18.3,42.5]

33.5

[23.0,46.0]

Residence

urban

17.4

[15.7,19.3]

17.6

[14.8,20.9]

12.1

[9.3,15.6]

30.5

[23.3,38.9]

35.9

[30.3,42.0]

47.2

[42.8,51.7]

rural

13.7

[11.8,15.9]

4.3

[3.4,5.4]

4.1

[3.4,4.9]

21.8

[15.8,29.3]

36

[25.9,47.5]

41.2

[35.1,47.6]

Lowest

9.0

[6.8,11.9]

2.7

[1.6,4.3]

1.4

[0.8,2.4]

21.0

[14.6,29.1]

31.7

[23.9,40.8]

36.1

[28.1,44.9]

Second

12.8

[11.0,14.8]

4.0

[2.7,6.0]

4.9

[1.4,15.9]

27.9

[14.8,46.1]

31.8

[22.8,42.3]

40.5

[34.6,46.7]

Middle

16.3

[14.9,17.9]

7.0

[5.3,9.3]

4.0

[2.6,6.0]

28.8

[15.9,46.4]

29.7

[22.4,38.3]

48.6

[42.3,55.0]

Fourth

18.1

[16.5,19.8]

10.7

[8.6,13.3]

4.6

[3.4,6.4]

34.3

[24.4,45.7]

43.3

[32.0,55.3]

55.6

[49.3,61.8]

Highest

18.4

[16.4,20.6]

22.3

[18.4,26.9]

14.5

[11.7,17.9]

30.1

[19.8,42.9]

38.8

[29.1,49.6]

46.2

[38.9,53.7]

Total

15.3

[13.9,16.8]

9.7

[8.4,11.2]

6.4

[5.2,7.7]

28.6

[22.8,35.3]

36.0

[30.9,41.3]

45.2

[41.6,48.9]