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Table 2 Sociodemographic and health characteristics of cohort at baseline

From: Multimorbidity and care dependence in older adults: a longitudinal analysis of findings from the 10/66 study

 

Cuba

Dominican Republic

Peru

Venezuela

Mexico

China

Puerto Rico

Characteristics of dependence free cohort who for whom follow-up interviews are available

 Person years of follow-up

8107

5801

3928

4944

4133

7436

5196

 Mean age at baseline SD

73.9 (6.4)

74.5 (7.0)

74.2 (7.1)

71.5 (6.1)

73.7 (6.3)

72.7 (5.8)

75.2 (6.5)

 Female %

1318 (64%)

940 (65%)

786 (60%)

808 (63%)

922 (64%)

977 (56%)

891 (67%)

 Did not complete primary %

389 (22%)

1018 (71%)

253 (19%)

362 (28%)

1000 (69%)

923 (53%)

260 (20%)

 0 conditions %

166 (9.3%)

98 (6.8%)

278 (21%)

148 (11%)

186 (13%)

523 (30%)

108 (8.1%)

 1 condition %

584 (33%)

364 (25%)

386 (30%)

360 (28%)

401 (28%)

679 (39%)

323 (24%)

 2 conditions %

483 (27%)

368 (26%)

290 (22%)

329 (25%)

385 (27%)

332 (19%)

325 (24%)

 3 or more conditions %

543 (31%)

608 (42%)

353 (27%)

454 (35%)

475 (33%)

219 (12%)

573 (22%)

 Dementia %

73 (4.1%)

124 (8.6%)

58 (4.4%)

34 (2.6%)

71 (4.9%)

38 (2.2%)

50 (3.8%)

 Depression %

58 (3.3%)

178 (12.4%)

57 (4.4%)

52 (4.0%)

49 (3.4%)

1 (0.1%)

25 (1.9%)

 Anxiety %

66 (3.7%)

107 (7.4%)

85 (6.5%)

89 (6.9%)

65 (4.5%)

3 (0.2%)

55 (4.1%)

  1. SD standard deviation