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Table 1 Age-specific chronic disease prevalence

From: Prevalence and care-seeking for chronic diseases among Syrian refugees in Jordan

 

Survey Total N

Hypertension (N = 3277)

Cardiovascular Disease (N = 1289)

Diabetes (N = 1970)

Chronic Respiratory Disease (N = 790)

Arthritis (N = 2187)

 

N

% (95 % CI)

N

% (95 % CI)

N

% (95 % CI)

N

% (95 % CI)

N

% (95 % CI)

Households where any member(s) have condition

1550

408

26.3 (24.0–28.8)

190

12.3 (10.6–14.2)

250

16.1 (14.4–18.0)

213

13.7 (12.0–15.7)

302

19.5 (17.3–21.9)

Prevalence by Age Group

           

0–17 years

5147

6

0.1 (0–0.2)

20

0.4 (0.1–0.7)

8

0.2 (0.0–0.3)

153

3.0 (2.1–3.8)

18

0.3 (0.1–0.6)

18–39 years

3019

60

2.0 (1.4–2.6)

25

0.8 (0.5–1.2)

26

0.9 (0.5–1.2)

66

2.2 (1.6–2.7)

75

2.5 (1.9–3.1)

40–59 years

1040

220

21.1 (18.6–23.7)

78

7.5 (5.9–9.2)

125

12.0 (10.0–14.0)

39

3.8 (2.5–5.0)

154

14.8 (12.5–17.1)

60+ years

374

195

52.1 (46.5–57.7)

80

21.4 (17.0–25.8)

121

32.4 (27.3–37.4)

22

5.9 (3.2–8.6)

85

23.7 (18.1–27.3)

Adult Prevalencea

4433

475

10.7 (9.8–11.7)

183

4.1 (3.5–4.7)

272

6.1 (5.5–6.8)

127

2.9 (2.3–3.4)

314

7.1 (6.2–7.9)

  1. a“Adult” defined as individual over 17 years old