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Table 2 The distribution of diabetes mellitus (DM) management aspects by socioeconomic characteristics

From: A survey on socioeconomic determinants of diabetes mellitus management in a lower middle income setting

Socioeconomic characteristic

Newly diagnosed with aDM (n = 56)

Already diagnosed of aDM (146)

Poor Control of aDM (n = 130)

Not on continuous treatment (n = 71)

Monthly follow-ups not done (n = 91)

 

Number

%b

Number

%b

Number

%b

Number

%b

Number

%b

Sex

 Male

34

27.1 %

64

72.9 %

58

95.8 %

36

55.7 %

48

75.7 %

 Female

22

19 %

82

81 %

72

86.5 %

35

44.6 %

43

49.5 %

Age (years)

 35 to 39

5

49.9 %

6

50.1 %

6

100 %

4

51.0 %

5

52.1 %

 40 to 44

10

35.2 %

19

64.8 %

17

89.0 %

11

66.0 %

13

56.4 %

 45 to 49

13

28.7 %

26

71.3 %

21

80.2 %

13

31.4 %

15

50.4 %

 50 to 54

4

0.4 %

36

99.6 %

35

93.5 %

20

65.9 %

25

79.2 %

 55 to 59

13

22 %

30

78 %

26

94.0 %

11

29.5 %

15

49.8 %

 60 to 64

11

22.7 %

29

77.2 %

25

92.3 %

12

52.9 %

18

65.4 %

Ethnicity

 Sinhalese

40

23.9 %

116

76.1 %

103

91.9 %

59

51.2 %

72

63.6 %

 Tamil

11

7.3 %

12

92.7 %

11

99.0 %

6

4.2 %

8

5.6 %

 Muslim

5

3.3 %

18

96.7 %

15

67.1 %

6

33.1 %

11

37.0 %

Education

 No schooling

4

2.2 %

2

97.8 %

1

41.0 %

-

-

-

-

 Grade 5 or below

9

35.2 %

23

64.8 %

21

99.3 %

9

24.0 %

9

47.6 %

 Grade 6 to Grade 10

24

21.3 %

55

78.7 %

52

97.5 %

25

47.4 %

33

52.6 %

 Ordinary Level to Grade 12

14

8.3 %

30

91.7 %

26

90.5 %

17

53.0 %

23

73.5 %

 Advanced Level and above

4

23.4 %

27

76.6 %

24

93.4 %

17

64.8 %

19

70.8 %

 Missing

1

 

9

 

3

 

3

 

7

 

Occupation

 Professional

1

34 %

2

66 %

2

100 %

2

100 %

2

100 %

 Technical & clerical

3

3 %

9

97 %

9

100 %

7

79.5 %

8

98.9 %

 Vendors and sellers

10

18.7 %

23

81.3 %

23

100 %

11

43.7 %

18

74.2 %

 Skilled manual workers

8

35.3 %

15

64.7 %

10

82.5 %

11

64.6 %

9

63.8 %

 Unskilled manual workers

13

34.6 %

10

65.4 %

10

100 %

6

58.6 %

8

99.5 %

 Retired

2

1.2 %

11

98.8 %

10

99.4 %

4

47.5 %

6

48.2 %

 Unemployed

2

40.8 %

9

59.2 %

9

100 %

4

62.3 %

6

63.6 %

 Housewife

16

21.4 %

66

78.6 %

56

83.9 %

26

43.3 %

33

46.5 %

 Missing

1

 

1

 

0

 

0

 

1

 

Sector

 Urban

25

26.5 %

65

73.5 %

57

89.0 %

31

47.6 %

40

62.6 %

 Rural

20

22.6 %

68

77.4 %

61

90.8 %

32

49.6 %

41

61.3 %

 Estate

11

46.4 %

13

53.6 %

12

89.4 %

08

59.4 %

10

75.8 %

Income Category (Monthly Income)

 < Sri Lankan Rupees 10,000

16

23.4 %

37

76.6 %

33

99.5 %

13

35.8 %

18

52.0 %

 Sri Lankan Rupees 10,000 to 30,000

32

24.4 %

78

75.6 %

70

89.6 %

44

59.9 %

50

66.9 %

 > Sri Lankan Rupees 30,000

5

9.8 %

29

90.2 %

26

85.1 %

14

40.6 %

23

66.7 %

   Missing

3

 

2

 

1

 

0

 

0

 

Social status index

 1st quintile (richest)

8

18.2 %

39

81.8 %

33

92.5 %

20

43.2 %

23

60.8 %

 2nd quintile

13

28.2 %

38

71.8 %

37

99.8 %

13

30.1 %

18

37.7 %

 3rd quintile

14

23.9 %

31

76.1 %

25

79.0 %

20

69.2 %

23

66.5 %

 4th quintile

12

21.4 %

30

78.6 %

27

92.0 %

14

57.3 %

22

81.0 %

 5th quintile (poorest)

9

53 %

8

47 %

8

100.0 %

4

51.5 %

5

60.9 %

Unsatisfactory Basic Needs Index

 1 (poorest)

6

99.1 %

2

0.9 %

2

100.0 %

1

50.8 %

1

50.8 %

 2

5

94.9 %

8

5.1 %

8

100.0 %

6

82.6 %

7

90.6 %

 3

8

15.1 %

20

84.9 %

16

81.9 %

12

60.2 %

11

56.0 %

 4

17

28.4 %

47

71.6 %

44

99.6 %

19

52.5 %

31

67.3 %

 5 (richest)

20

22 %

69

82 %

60

91.0 %

33

41.1 %

41

61.2 %

Place of management

 State

-

-

41

23.4 %

33

79.9 %

12

23.7 %

10

9 %

   Private

-

-

100

76.6 %

93

93.8 %

56

57 %

77

76.8 %

   Missing

-

-

5

 

4

 

3

 

4

 
  1. aDM, diabetes mellitus
  2. bAll percentages were weighted values