Socioeconomic inequalities in the prevalence of chronic diseases and preventive care among adults aged 45 and older in Shaanxi Province, China

Table 1 Characteristics of respondents aged 45 years and older (n = 27,728)

Variables	N	Proportion	SE
NCDs and preventive care
Hypertension and preventive care
Presence of Hypertension	5742	0.210	0.003
Adequate medication	3360	0.611^a	0.007
Measure blood-pressure	5303	0.927^a	0.004
Diabetes and preventive care
Presence of Diabetes	1055	0.041	0.001
Adequate medication	765	0.742^b	0.014
Test blood-glucose	906	0.863^b	0.011
Demographic Variables
Age Group
45–64	19,809	0.707	0.003
65–79	6842	0.253	0.003
80 or above	1077	0.040	0.001
Gender
Female	14,018	0.506	0.003
Male	13,710	0.494	0.003
Economic Status
Poorest	5547	0.191	0.002
Poorer	5548	0.196	0.002
Middle	5591	0.199	0.003
Richer	5560	0.205	0.003
Richest	5482	0.208	0.003
Education Level
Primary or below	14,838	0.499	0.003
Middle school	8709	0.326	0.003
High School	3428	0.142	0.002
College or above	753	0.033	0.001
Employment Status
Unemployed	8559	0.328	0.003
Employed	19,169	0.672	0.003
Marital Status
Single	4175	0.145	0.002
Married	23,553	0.855	0.002
Basic Medical Insurance
No	267	0.012	0.001
Yes	27,461	0.988	0.001
Commercial Medical Insurance
No	26,183	0.942	0.002
Yes	1545	0.058	0.002
Urban/Rural
Rural	17,922	0.606	0.003
Urban	9806	0.394	0.003

Note: (1) Numbers were unweighted, proportions were weighted; (2) ^a The proportions of preventive care among people with hypertension; (3) ^b The proportions of preventive care among people with diabetes