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Table 5 Proportions of the population in various cardiovascular risk categories by age, sex and ethnicity, Viseisei Health Zone, Fiji, 2012

From: Absolute cardiovascular risk in a Fiji medical zone

Sex/Age (years)/Ethnicity

Cardiovascular event* risk category

Very high risk: ≥30 %

High risk: 20 % to <30 %

Medium risk: 10 to <20 %

Low risk: <10 %

% (95 % CI)

% (95 % CI)

% (95 % CI)

% (95 % CI)

Males

 40–49 (n = 282)

1.1 (0–2.3)

0.7 (0–1.7)

12.1 (8.3–15.9)

86.2 (82.1–90.2)

 50–59 (n = 271)

4.4 (2.0–6.9)

5.5 (2.8–8.3)

18.8 (14.2–23.5)

71.2 (65.8–76.6)

 60–64 (n = 99)

25.3 (16.7–33.8)

5.1 (0.7–9.4)

24.2 (15.8–32.7)

45.5 (35.6–55.3)

 40–64† (n = 652)

5.3 (3.6–6.9)

3.0 (1.7–4.2)

16.3 (13.5–19.2)

75.4 (72.1–78.7)

 I-Taukei† (n = 259)

4.3 (2.0–6.7)

3.8 (1.6–6.0)

13.1 (9.0–17.2)

78.7 (73.8–83.6)

 Indo-Fijian† (n = 385)

6.0 (3.8–8.2)

2.5 (1.0–3.9)

18.2 (14.3–22.1)

73.3 (68.9–77.8)

Females

 40–49 (n = 405)

1.7 (0.5–3.0)

0.5 (0–1.2)

1.7 (0.5–3.0)

96.0 (94.2–97.9)

 50–59 (n = 357)

4.8 (2.6–7.0)

2.5 (0.9–4.1)

6.2 (3.7–8.7)

86.6 (83.0–90.1)

 60–64 (n = 120)

12.5 (6.6–18.4)

14.2 (7.9–20.4)

8.3 (3.9–13.3)

65.0 (56.5–73.5)

 40–64† (n = 882)

4.0 (2.7–5.2)

2.7 (1.7–3.7)

4.0 (2.8–5.3)

89.3 (87.4–91.3)

 I-Taukei† (n = 315)

4.2 (2.0–6.3)

3.7 (1.8–5.6)

4.3 (2.2–6.4)

87.9 (84.4–91.3)

 Indo-Fijian† (n = 563)

3.9 (2.4–5.4)

2.1 (1.0–3.2)

3.9 (2.4–5.5)

90.1 (87.7–92.4)

  1. *Risk of cardiovascular event or death risk over 10 years based on
  2. WHO/International Society of Hypertension Western Pacific Region Group B risk prediction charts
  3. WHO/ISH Risk Prediction Charts for 14 WHO Epidemiological Sub-Regions. WHO 2007 [11]
  4. † Age adjusted to total Fiji population at the 2007 Census [4]