Table 2 Tunisian population aged 25 years and above, obesity and smoking prevalence trends by gender and age groups in 1997 and 2005
From: Forecasting Tunisian type 2 diabetes prevalence to 2027: validation of a simple model
| Â | 1997 | 2005 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age groups | Population N (Thousand) | Diabetes mellitus type II (%) | Smoking (%) | Obesity (%) | Population N (Thousand) | Diabetes mellitus type II (%) | Smoking (%) | Obesity (%) | ||||||||
| Â | M* | W** | M | W | M | W | M | W | M | W | M | W | M | W | M | W |
25-34 | 733 | 751 | 8.0 | 6.8 | 58.8 | 0.9 | 4.9 | 17.3 | 798 | 849 | 13.9 | 9.2 | 50.0 | 6.8 | 7.3 | 17.3 |
35-44 | 549 | 546 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 49.7 | 1.9 | 11.3 | 28.8 | 671 | 706 | 15.9 | 11.8 | 53.8 | 2.6 | 14.4 | 33.7 |
45-54 | 318 | 329 | 15.6 | 13.6 | 43.4 | 2.0 | 8.3 | 38.8 | 522 | 516 | 17.2 | 14.8 | 47.0 | 2.0 | 20.4 | 45.5 |
55-64 | 261 | 264 | 18.4 | 21.0 | 33.4 | 2.0 | 7.4 | 32.5 | 282 | 299 | 22.6 | 21.9 | 42.4 | 2.0 | 17.0 | 35.2 |
65-74 | 174 | 201 | 15.3 | 22.2 | 33.4 | 1.4 | 8.2 | 25.9 | 226 | 225 | 16.9 | 21.3 | 26.2 | 2.2 | 10.4 | 28.1 |
75+ | 90 | 85 | 23.5 | 26.4 | 33.6 | 0.9 | 10.0 | 15.7 | 126 | 119 | 18.7 | 16.8 | 18.8 | 1.4 | 10.0 | 19.9 |
Total | 2125 | 2175 | 13.5 | 12.9 | 48.0 | 1.5 | 7.9 | 26.0 | 2625 | 2713 | 16.1 | 14.1 | 45.0 | 2.5 | 13.1 | 29.9 |