Progressive disability in elderly population among tribals of Telangana: a cross sectional study

Table 1 Distribution of demographics, behavioural and physical measurements and health and social benefit indicators

		Male	Female
		N = 208	N = 298
		%	%
Demographic information	Total surveyed	41.11	58.89
Age	60 ‐ 64	27.88	44.30
	65 ‐ 69	35.10	33.89
	70 and above	37.02	21.81
Marital status	Married (and) Cohabiting	73.08	29.53
	Divorced (or) Separated	1.92	3.02
	Widowed	25.00	67.45
Educational status	No Formal Schooling	87.02	99.33
	Up to Primary School	11.06	0.34
	More than Primary School	1.92	0.34
Living arrangement	Alone	2.88	15.44
	Spouse	25.00	12.42
	Children	22.12	49.33
	Joint family	47.12	17.11
	Relatives	2.88	5.70
Behavioural measurements
	Currently using any tobacco	81.25	57.72
	Consumed Alcohol in last 30 days	80.77	47.32
Physical measurements
Body mass index	Under weight	32.21	39.60
	Healthy	58.17	48.32
	Over weight	5.29	4.03
	Obese	3.37	1.68
Health indicators
Self rated health	Good	17.79	15.44
	Moderate	49.52	49.33
	Bad	32.69	35.23
	Hypertension	53.85	63.42
Social benefit indicators
	Visit by health worker	42.79	45.97
	Receiving old age pension	48.56	66.78

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