Table 2 Self-reported prevalence of chronic diseases by behavioral risk factors and socioeconomic-demographic characteristics among adult population (18–69 years) in India, 2007
Socioeconomic-demographic characteristics | Prevalence of self-reported chronic diseases | Physical activity | Nutrition | Alcohol consumption^ | Any tobacco use | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Physical inactivity | Vigorous activity | Inadequate intake of fruits and vegetables# | Adequate intake of fruits and vegetables ## | Yes | No | Yes | No | ||
Place of residence | |||||||||
Urban | 25.3 | 29.7 | 22.3 | 25.6 | 20.5 | 26.1 | 25.1 | 28.7 | 23.4 |
Rural | 23.5 | 28.1 | 20.5 | 23.5 | 24.4 | 26.2 | 22.9 | 25.5 | 21.7 |
Household’s religion | |||||||||
Hindu | 24.0 | 28.7 | 21.3 | 24.0 | 24.9 | 25.6 | 23.7 | 26.4 | 22.2 |
Others+ | 24.3 | 28.3 | 19.1 | 25.0 | 12.5 | 32.1 | 23.5 | 25.7 | 23.1 |
Household’s caste group | |||||||||
Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) | 19.4 | 23.1 | 16.9 | 19.7 | 11.3 | 20.8 | 19.0 | 22.3 | 16.5 |
Other than SC/ST++ | 25.6 | 30.2 | 22.5 | 25.6 | 25.1 | 29.5 | 25.0 | 27.9 | 24.0 |
Religious services | |||||||||
Never or once or twice/year/month | 23.4 | 27.8 | 20.3 | 23.4 | 23.4 | 25.3 | 23.0 | 25.7 | 21.7 |
Once or twice/week/daily | 34.4 | 40.1 | 30.1 | 35.8 | 15.3 | 44.5 | 32.9 | 34.3 | 34.6 |
Member’s sex | |||||||||
Male | 23.7 | 30.9 | 19.6 | 24.0 | 20.6 | 26.2 | 22.6 | 25.2 | 21.0 |
Female | 24.4 | 25.8 | 23.2 | 24.3 | 28.1 | 26.2 | 24.4 | 30.3 | 23.0 |
Age group | |||||||||
18–29 | 9.6 | 13.5 | 7.3 | 9.7 | 7.2 | 16.2 | 9.0 | 12.5 | 8.6 |
30–44 | 23.4 | 28.6 | 21.1 | 23.5 | 22.2 | 22.4 | 23.7 | 23.8 | 23.0 |
45–59 | 34.2 | 35.7 | 32.4 | 34.4 | 30.8 | 33.8 | 34.2 | 31.1 | 37.8 |
60–69 | 43.5 | 47.5 | 37.2 | 43.5 | 44.7 | 43.5 | 43.5 | 42.5 | 44.9 |
Educational attainment+++ | |||||||||
No education | 25.3 | 30.9 | 21.7 | 25.3 | 27.0 | 23.8 | 25.6 | 25.4 | 25.2 |
<primary & primary | 24.0 | 28.4 | 21.3 | 23.6 | 32.6 | 23.0 | 24.2 | 25.0 | 23.0 |
Secondary | 23.3 | 27.6 | 19.4 | 24.2 | 12.2 | 28.1 | 22.2 | 28.4 | 19.7 |
High school & above | 23.1 | 27.1 | 20.6 | 23.1 | 23.0 | 31.7 | 21.4 | 27.9 | 20.3 |
Body mass Index (BMI) | |||||||||
Underweight | 20.8 | 27.9 | 20.1 | 20.9 | 18.5 | 24.9 | 19.9 | 23.4 | 18.1 |
Normal weight | 23.0 | 26.7 | 16.6 | 23.1 | 21.1 | 24.5 | 22.6 | 25.4 | 21.2 |
Overweight | 39.9 | 39.1 | 41.1 | 40.6 | 32.5 | 38.3 | 40.2 | 47.0 | 36.7 |
Obese | 29.5 | 27.3 | 31.2 | 28.9 | 47.3 | 46.5 | 28.1 | 34.1 | 27.6 |
Wealth Quintile | |||||||||
Poorest | 20.8 | 24.6 | 19.6 | 20.9 | 11.1 | 18.6 | 21.3 | 22.9 | 18.1 |
Poor | 21.6 | 33.4 | 16.7 | 21.5 | 25.5 | 23.9 | 21.1 | 24.7 | 18.8 |
Middle | 25.8 | 26.9 | 24.2 | 26.6 | 10.0 | 25.0 | 26.0 | 28.2 | 23.6 |
Rich | 24.3 | 31.2 | 19.9 | 24.2 | 25.1 | 28.4 | 23.6 | 26.5 | 22.9 |
Richest | 27.9 | 27.7 | 25.5 | 27.9 | 28.3 | 37.5 | 26.1 | 32.6 | 26.2 |
Total | 24.1 | 28.6 | 20.9 | 24.1 | 22.8 | 26.2 | 23.6 | 26.3 | 22.3 |