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Table 2 Diabetes prevalence in 2003 and 2016 stratified by age, education and place of residence

From: Socioeconomic inequalities in diabetes prevalence: the case of South Africa between 2003 and 2016

 

2003

2016

Diabetes

Diabetes

No

Yes

No

Yes

Men N (%)

Women N (%)

Men N (%)

Women N (%)

Men N (%)

Women N (%)

Men N (%)

Women N (%)

N

3,162 (96.79)

4,535 (95.70)

105 (3.21)

204 (4.30)

4,026 (96.41)

5,807 (94.95)

150 (3.59)

309 (5.05)

Age group

  

15–39 years

2,042(64.58)

2,689 (59.29)

25 (23.81)

36 (17.65)

2,545 (63.21)

3,243 (55.85)

15 (10.00)

26 (8.41)

40–59 years

776 (24.54)

1,264 (27.87)

51 (48.57)

92 (45.10)

983 (24.42)

1,599 (27.54)

48 (32.00)

133 (43.04)

60 + years

344 (10.88)

582 (12.83)

29 (27.62)

76 (37.25)

498 (12.37)

965 (16.62)

87 (58.00)

150 (48.54)

Educational level

 

No education

317 (10.03)

626 (13.80)

14 (13.33)

40 (19.61)

271 (6.73)

530 (9.13)

12 (8.00)

54 (17.48)

Primary

483 (15.28)

666 (14.69)

19 (18.10)

53 (25.98)

751 (18.65)

961 (16.55)

30 (20.00)

85 (27.51)

Secondary

2,116 (66.92)

2,924 (64.48)

63 (60.00)

99 (48.53)

2,642 (65.62)

3,784 (65.16)

81 (54.00)

138 (44.66)

Higher

246 (7.78)

319 (7.03)

9 (8.57)

12 (5.88)

362 (8.99)

532 (9.16)

27 (18.00)

32 (10.36)

Residence

 

Rural

1,322 (41.81)

2,010 (44.32)

26 (24.76)

59 (28.92)

1,816 (45.11)

2,635 (45.38)

50 (33.33)

126 (40.78)

Urban

1,840(58.19)

2,525 (55.68)

79 (75.24)

145 (71.08)

2,210 (54.89)

3,172 (54.62)

100 (66.67)

183 (59.22)