Table 3 The distribution of micro and macrovascular diseases by socioeconomic characteristics

 Male

92

91.0 %

20

12.5 %

 Female

94

93.1 %

36

35.3 %

 35 to 39

11

100 %

1

0.8 %

 40 to 44

26

99.4 %

2

7.0 %

 45 to 49

34

85.6 %

13

42.4 %

 50 to 54

34

80.4 %

14

20.6 %

 55 to 59

43

100 %

18

35.0 %

 60 to 64

38

94.6 %

8

22.3 %

 Sinhalese

144

93.1 %

37

23.4 %

 Tamil

20

97.6 %

15

93.9 %

 Muslim

22

69.0 %

4

32.8 %

 No schooling

5

42.4 %

4

58.5 %

 Grade 5 or below

29

92.8 %

17

43.2 %

 Grade 6 to Grade 10

73

99.4 %

17

24.7 %

 Ordinary Level to Grade 12

42

88.4 %

7

11.8 %

 Advanced Level and above

28

86.2 %

7

18.5 %

 Missing

9

4

 Professional

2

46.0 %

1

34.0 %

 Technical & clerical

11

71.6 %

1

0.6 %

 Vendors and sellers

31

86.4 %

6

11.2 %

 Skilled manual workers

22

99.9 %

2

11.5 %

 Unskilled manual workers

22

99.8 %

11

32.9 %

 Retired

13

100 %

1

0.7 %

 Unemployed

11

100 %

3

21.6 %

 Housewife

72

92.1 %

30

37.3 %

 Missing

2

1

 Urban

83

91.1 %

20

20.7 %

 Rural

82

92.2 %

22

24.6 %

 Estate

21

85.0 %

14

53.6 %

 < Sri Lankan Rupees 10,000

47

92.1 %

20

30.4 %

 Sri Lankan Rupees 10,000 to 30,000

101

90.4 %

28

22.6 %

 > Sri Lankan Rupees 30,000

33

99.7 %

5

1.1 %

 Missing

5

3

 1^st quintile (richest)

44

95.1 %

14

36.6 %

 2^nd quintile

48

93.9 %

12

23.8 %

 3^rd quintile

44

94.7 %

9

15.1 %

 4^th quintile

35

83.5 %

9

20.2 %

 5^th quintile (poorest)

15

87.9 %

12

66.9 %

 1 (poorest)

6

99.1 %

4

1.4 %

 2

12

99.5 %

7

5.0 %

 3

26

92.0 %

8

19.7 %

 4

58

89.3 %

12

16.5 %

 5 (richest)

84

93.5 %

25

34.3 %

 State

36

91.8 %

21

50.2 %

 Private

94

90.4 %

17

18.7 %

 Missing

5

5