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Table 2 Prevalence (%) of poor functional health in domains by age and sex, adults aged 50 and over NUHDSS Korogocho and Viwandani Nairobi City, Kenya, 2006–7

From: Health and ageing in Nairobi’s informal settlements-evidence from the International Network for the Demographic Evaluation of Populations and Their Health (INDEPTH): a cross sectional study

 

50–59 years

60–69 years

70–79 years

80 + years

 

Men

Women

p-value

Men

Women

p-value

Men

Women

p-value

Men

Women

p-value

n

i = 909

n = 359

 

n = 250

n = 156

 

n = 72

n = 62

 

n = 29

n = 41

 

Poor heath by domains

%

%

 

%

%

 

%

%

 

%

%

 

 Mobility

4.0

11.9

p < 0.001

4.2

17.5

p < 0.001

16.0

34.2

p = 0.01

39.6

40.2

p = 0.96

 Self-care

1.7

1.2

p = 0.50

2.0

3.5

p = 0.33

2.7

7.7

p = 0.17

24.7

18.1

p = 0.49

 Pain/Discomfort

4.1

11.3

p < 0.001

7.4

23.6

p < 0.001

10.7

25.6

p = 0.02

29.0

39.0

p = 0.36

 Cognition

4.7

7.3

p = 0.06

7.3

14.3

p = 0.02

13.3

26.1

p = 0.06

23.4

33.9

p = 0.31

 Interpersonal activities

0.8

1.7

p = 0.19

1.9

3.1

p = 0.42

1.4

6.6

p = 0.11

16.7

12.4

p = 0.60

 Sleep/Energy

2.6

7.5

p < 0.001

4.2

14.8

P < 0.001

10.7

13.6

p = 0.60

25.8

19.8

p = 0.54

 Affect

1.6

5.7

p < 0.001

3.4

11.0

p < 0.01

6.6

12.0

p = 0.28

17.8

18.5

p = 0.94

 Vision

2.3

3.0

p = 0.43

2.6

7.0

p = 0.03

9.4

19.1

p = 0.10

25.8

24.6

p = 0.91

  1. Note: All analyses weighted to the Nairobi NUHDSS population 2007. P-values reported for chi-squared tests of significance comparing men and women for each of the domain