Marital status, widowhood duration, gender and health outcomes: a cross-sectional study among older adults in India

Table 2 Prevalence of chronic disease, poor health, and probable mental disorder among older adults across seven states in India in 2011 (unit = %)

	Hypertension		Diabetes		Asthma		Arthritis		At least 1 chronic disease		Poor Health		Probable Mental Disorder
	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female
Marital Status
Currently Married	18	24	12	11	8	6	23	34	30	37	49	52	24	24
Widowed 0 to 4 years	20	29	16	12	11	7	24	30	31	36	62	65	28	38
Widowed 5 to 9 years	13	18	12	8	6	7	26	28	28	31	51	45	34	30
Widowed 10+ years	18	28	9	11	10	7	31	35	36	40	57	64	35	39
Age Group
60–64	15	21	12	10	5	5	17	28	23	32	41	47	20	24
65–69	18	26	11	11	8	7	23	35	29	38	49	55	23	31
70–74	20	28	12	11	9	8	28	38	35	43	54	62	27	37
75–79	24	31	15	13	10	8	28	31	36	37	61	69	28	37
80+ years	22	27	11	8	15	9	38	39	45	44	64	74	38	46
Living with Children
No	18	21	13	9	8	7	24	34	30	38	48	56	27	33
Yes	18	27	12	11	8	7	24	33	30	37	51	57	24	31
Caste
Scheduled Caste	14	22	7	8	8	5	26	35	31	38	58	61	30	37
Schedule Tribe	10	13	5	4	7	8	25	30	28	31	43	47	31	38
Other Backward Caste	17	24	12	12	8	7	23	27	29	31	50	57	30	35
None of them	22	30	15	12	9	7	24	38	30	43	47	56	18	26
Work status (in the last 1 year)
No	21	27	14	12	9	7	24	34	31	38	53	58	27	32
Yes	13	14	8	4	6	6	23	28	28	30	44	49	22	34
Education
None	14	22	6	7	9	6	33	37	36	40	59	61	37	39
< 5 years	17	32	10	16	10	8	23	27	30	34	56	56	30	26
6 to 10 years	19	30	14	16	8	7	19	25	26	30	43	42	16	14
≥ 11 years	29	32	22	19	5	6	16	35	25	41	35	48	12	14
Household Wealth Quintile
Bottom	9	13	3	4	8	5	27	31	29	34	60	64	44	49
Second	13	18	8	6	9	6	26	34	29	37	53	57	35	40
Third	17	28	9	12	9	7	26	31	31	35	49	56	24	29
Fourth	18	30	13	14	8	8	21	33	29	39	45	52	17	23
Top	31	38	24	20	7	8	21	36	32	42	44	55	9	17
Place
Urban	20	28	15	13	7	7	21	31	28	36	46	53	20	29
Rural	17	23	9	8	9	7	27	35	32	39	54	60	30	35
State
Himachal Pradesh	15	22	9	8	9	6	24	43	29	46	38	46	13	22
Punjab	25	38	13	14	7	6	38	52	44	56	60	68	10	13
West Bengal	19	28	9	7	3	2	15	25	25	31	71	80	37	43
Orissa	15	17	9	5	5	4	22	29	24	30	45	47	36	46
Maharashtra	13	16	9	6	13	11	31	36	33	37	38	41	26	31
Kerala	35	45	32	28	16	13	13	17	33	30	62	71	11	23
Tamil Nadu	9	12	6	6	3	3	20	27	23	30	45	50	42	46

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