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Table 1 Background characteristics of households affected by NCD only, non-NCD only, and both NCD and non-NCD (%)

From: Financial risk protection against noncommunicable diseases: trends and patterns in Bangladesh

 

Households affected by non-NCD only

Households affected by NCD only

Households affected by both NCD & non-NCD

2005

(n = 2,875)

2010

(n = 2,931)

2016

(n = 10,391)

2005

(n = 1,648)

2010

(n = 2, 449)

2016

(n = 9,393)

2005

(n = 1,806)

2010

(n = 2,440)

2016

(n = 10,160)

Overall

28.5 (0.5)

24.0 (0.6)

22.6 (0.5)

16.4 (0.4)

20.0 (0.5)

20.4 (0.4)

17.9 (0.4)

19.9 (0.7)

22.1 (0.4)

Consumption expenditure quintile

 Lowest

21.3 (0.8)

23.1 (1.1)

21.5 (0.9)

16.2 (0.9)

17.0 (0.9)

19.1 (0.7)

15.9 (0.9)

16.3 (1.0)

15.3 (0.6)

 2nd

22.6 (0.8)

22.7 (0.9)

21.2 (0.8)

17.9 (1.0)

16.5 (0.8)

19.2 (0.6)

17.3 (0.9)

19.0 (1.0)

18.6 (0.6)

 3rd

20.8 (0.8)

19.9 (0.8)

20.1 (0.7)

18.9 (1.0)

19.0 (0.9)

19.9 (0.6)

20.4 (1.0)

20.7 (0.9)

19.4 (0.6)

 4th

18.6 (0.8)

19.0 (0.9)

19.9 (1.0)

20.6 (1.1)

21.3 (1.0)

19.1 (0.7)

21.3 (1.1)

21.6 (1.0)

21.3 (0.6)

 Highest

16.6 (0.7)

15.4 (1.0)

17.5 (1.0)

26.4 (1.1)

26.3 (1.3)

22.7 (0.8)

25.1 (1.0)

22.4 (1.1)

25.4 (1.2)

Area of residence

 Rural

78.0 (0.0)

78.9 (1.0)

70.0 (1.7)

72.1 (0.0)

69.0 (1.0)

74.2 (1.1)

76.2 (0.0)

81.3 (1.0)

75.6 (1.1)

 Urban

22.0 (0.0)

21.1 (1.0)

30.0 (1.7)

27.9 (0.0)

31.0 (1.0)

25.8 (1.1)

23.8 (0.0)

18.7 (1.0)

24.4 (1.1)

Household head’s education

 No education

57.3 (1.0)

53.5 (1.2)

40.4 (0.9)

52.1 (1.3)

50.9 (1.3)

43.8 (0.8)

54.1 (1.2)

54.0 (1.2)

42.0 (0.9)

 Below secondary

29.8 (0.9)

33.2 (1.1)

46.0 (0.8)

30.5 (1.2)

29.5 (1.1)

39.6 (0.7)

31.1 (1.2)

31.9 (1.1)

43.5 (0.8)

 Secondary or above

12.9 (0.7)

13.4 (0.8)

13.6 (0.8)

17.4 (1.0)

19.6 (1.3)

16.6 (0.8)

14.7 (0.9)

14.1 (0.8)

14.5 (0.8)

Illness of main income earner

 No

76.0 (0.9)

72.9 (1.0)

74.6 (0.7)

56.6 (1.3)

57.7 (1.2)

58.4 (0.8)

42.9 (1.2)

44.8 (1.1)

46.6 (0.8)

 Yes

24.0 (0.9)

27.1 (1.0)

25.4 (0.7)

43.4 (1.3)

42.3 (1.2)

41.6 (0.8)

57.1 (1.2)

55.2 (1.1)

53.4 (0.8)

Age composition of ill members

 Children (< 18 years) only

44.9 (1.0)

38.5 (1.1)

39.6 (0.7)

5.5 (0.6)

4.9 (0.5)

4.2 (0.4)

4.0 (0.5)

2.1 (0.3)

4.5 (0.5)

 Non-elderly adults (18–60 years) only

32.6 (1.0)

38.3 (1.0)

35.5 (0.8)

68.3 (1.2)

65.5 (1.1)

63.3 (0.7)

29.3 (1.2)

29.6 (1.1)

31.3 (0.7)

 Elderly (> 60 years) only

6.0 (0.5)

4.6 (0.4)

4.1 (0.3)

16.9 (1.0)

19.2 (1.0)

20.1 (0.7)

4.6 (0.6)

7.3 (0.6)

6.8 (0.4)

 Children and non-elderly adults

14.5 (0.7)

16.7 (0.8)

19.0 (0.6)

2.8 (0.5)

3.3 (0.4)

3.1 (0.2)

45.3 (1.3)

44.5 (1.2)

42.5 (0.8)

 Non-elderly adults and elderly

0.9 (0.2)

1.3 (0.2)

1.0 (0.1)

6.4 (0.6)

6.8 (0.6)

8.9 (0.4)

10.8 (0.8)

11.9 (0.8)

10.3 (0.4)

 Children and elderly

1.0 (0.2)

0.6 (0.1)

0.8 (0.1)

0.0 (0.0)

0.3 (0.1)

0.3 (0.1)

6.0 (0.6)

4.5 (0.5)

4.6 (0.3)

Gender composition of ill members

 Male only

40.0 (1.0)

38.5 (1.1)

34.1 (0.8)

37.3 (1.3)

32.9 (1.1)

29.6 (0.6)

16.5 (0.9)

12.8 (0.8)

12.0 (0.5)

 Female only

42.4 (1.0)

41.2 (1.1)

43.2 (0.8)

43.6 (1.3)

43.7 (1.2)

44.0 (0.7)

19.1 (1.0)

21.3 (0.9)

22.2 (0.6)

 Male and female

17.6 (0.8)

20.3 (0.9)

22.6 (0.7)

19.1 (1.0)

23.3 (1.1)

26.5 (0.7)

64.4 (1.2)

65.9 (1.1)

65.8 (0.8)

Number of ill members

 One

71.4 (0.9)

68.6 (1.0)

66.3 (0.8)

77.3 (1.1)

73.3 (1.2)

70.2 (0.7)

15.1 (0.9)

15.6 (0.8)

17.8 (0.7)

 Two or more

28.6 (0.9)

31.4 (1.0)

33.7 (0.8)

22.7 (1.1)

26.7 (1.2)

29.8 (0.7)

84.9 (0.9)

84.4 (0.8)

82.2 (0.7)

Comorbidity of ill members

 One disease (no comorbidity)

83.4 (0.7)

90.7 (0.8)

76.8 (1.2)

97.6 (0.4)

80.2 (1.0)

70.3 (0.8)

45.2 (1.3)

36.5 (1.3)

26.5 (0.7)

 Two or more diseases

16.6 (0.7)

9.3 (0.8)

23.2 (1.2)

2.4 (0.4)

19.8 (1.0)

29.7 (0.8)

54.8 (1.3)

63.5 (1.3)

73.5 (0.7)

  1. Numbers in parentheses are standard errors
  2. Total number of households included in analysis: 10,075 in 2005, 12,237 in 2010, and 45,976 in 2016
  3. NCD Noncommunicable diseases