Table 1 Demographic Characteristics of the total population and of the subjects by area

Total population

4487 (100)

2312 (76.0)

1482 (15.9)

693 (8.1)

Men

1654 (48.6)

882 (48.4)

585 (51.8)

187 (44.5)

Mean age (years)

36.2+/−13.6

36.2+/−13.9

36.9+/−13.6

35.6+/−12.8

15-24

821 (25.0)

405 (25.3)

248 (24.2)

168 (23.2)

25-34

1012 (23.5)

494 (23.4)

316 (21.9)

202 (27.3)

35-44

982 (20.8)

507 (20.3)

347 (22.1)

128 (22.2)

45-54

981 (19.6)

532 (19.7)

327 (19.9)

122 (17.6)

55-64

691 (11.2)

374 (11.2)

244 (11.9)

73 (9.7)

Creole

594 (13.0)

351 (14.7)^a

242 (11.3)^b

1(0)^c

Hindustani

1195 (33.4)

832 (36.6)^a

362 (34.9)^a

1 (0)^b

Javanese

842 (16.4)

399 (15.4)^a

443 (29.6)^b

0 (0)^c

Maroon

1147 (19.3)

267 (13.0)^a

195 (8.7)^b

685 (99.5)^c

Mix ethnicity

706 (18.0)

463 (20.3) ^a

240 (15.4)^b

6 (0.5)^c

No income

390 (6.4)

99 (3.9)^a

58 (3.2)^a

233 (36.6)^b

< SRD 800/month

695 (13.4)

295 (12.2)^a

254 (15.9)^b

146 (19.9)^b

SRD 800-1499/month

1391 (29.1)

683 (28.1)^a

550 (36.7)^b

158 (23.4)^a

SRD 1500-2199/month

561 (13.2)

329 (13.8)^a

210 (15.6)^a

22 (3.8)^b

SRD 2200-2899/month

186 (4.7)

155 (5.1)^a

65 (4.5)^a

6 (1.1)^b

> SRD 2900/month

338 (9.6)

247 (11.2)^a

78 (5.6)^b

13 (2.2)^c

Education level*

No education

389 (5.8)

68 (2.7)^a

44 (2.0)^a

277 (41.7)^b

Low level

3234 (71.5)

1613 (70.4)^a

1225 (85.1)^b

396 (55.1)^c

High level

805 (21.5)

597 (25.6)^a

196 (11.9)^b

12 (1.6)^c

Moderate-vigorous PA level

2377 (55.5)

1222 (55.7)^a

816 (57.9)^a

339 (49.1)^b