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Table 2 Descriptive Statistics of All Variables in the Analyses

From: Trajectories of middle-aged and elderly people’s chronic diseases Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs): cohort, socio-economic status and gender disparities

Variables

1942–1947

1948–1953

1954–1959

1960–1964

All

Disease Burden [Mean (SD)]

 DALYs (2011)

1.46 (2.74)

1.25 (2.48)

0.95 (2.03)

0.73 (1.60)

1.10 (2.37)

 DALYs (2013)

2.54 (3.65)

2.14 (3.25)

1.63 (2.61)

1.28 (2.16)

1.89 (3.09)

 DALYs (2015)

3.00 (3.99)

2.54 (3.56)

1.94 (2.90)

1.57 (2.50)

2.23 (3.36)

 DALYs (2018)

3.24 (4.18)

2.75 (3.76)

2.10 (3.07)

1.72 (2.67)

2.41 (3.55)

Gender [N (%)]

 female

806 (46.69)

1623 (50.62)

1511 (50.37)

1545 (53.98)

7949 (52.66)

 male

816 (50.31)

1583 (49.38)

1498 (49.63)

1317 (46.02)

7146 (47.31)

SES-Resident place [N (%)]

 Urban

363 (22.38)

650 (20.27)

552 (18.39)

521 (18.20)

3019 (19.99)

 Rural

1259 (77.62)

2557 (79.73)

2449 (81.61)

2342 (81.80)

12,082 (80.01)

SES-education [N (%)]

 Illiterate

490 (30.27)

943 (29.41)

747 (24.92)

358 (12.5)

4071 (26.99)

 Elementary school

753 (46.51)

1598 (49.84)

1111 (37.07)

904 (31.58)

6045 (40.07)

 Middle school and higher

376 (23.22)

665 (20.74)

1139 (38.00)

1601 (55.92)

4970 (32.94)

SES-Family income [Mean (SD)]

 income (log)

4.17 (0.61)

4.29 (0.59)

4.41 (0.59)

4.54 (0.52)

4.33 (0.62)

Marriage status [N (%)]

 have spouse

1298 (80.02)

2683 (83.66)

2550 (84.97)

2447 (85.47)

12,333 (81.67)

 no spouse

324 (19.98)

524 (83.66)

451 (15.03)

416 (14.53)

2768 (18.33)

Medical variables [Mean (SD)]

 Hospitalization OOP percent

0.21 (0.40)

0.38 (10.77)

0.16 (0.34)

1.335 (6.47)

1.114 (6.53)

 Doctor visit OOP percent

0.37 (0.48)

0.63 (12.72)

0.35 (0.49)

0.37 (0.63)

0.42 (6.80)

Hospitalization OOP [N (%)]

 Q1

1087 (67.02)

2268 (70.72)

2277 (75.87)

2312 (80.75)

11,097 (73.49)

 Q2

535 (32.98)

939 (29.28)

724 (24.13)

551 (19.25)

4004 (26.51)

Hospitalization total fee [N (%)]

 Q1

1065 (65.66)

2243 (69.94)

2255 (75.14)

2289 (79.95)

10,942 (72.46)

 Q2

557 (34.34)

964 (30.06)

746 (24.86)

574 (20.05)

4159 (27.54)

Doctor visit OOP [N (%)]

 Q1

894 (55.12)

1819 (56.72)

1799 (59.95)

1703 (59.48)

8794 (58.23)

 Q2

728 (44.88)

1388 (43.28)

1202 (40.05)

1160 (40.52)

6307 (41.77)

Doctor visit total fee [N (%)]

 Q1

871 (53.7)

1792 (55.88)

1777 (59.21)

1683 (58.78)

8669 (57.41)

 Q2

751 (46.3)

1415 (44.12)

1224 (40.79)

1180 (41.22)

6432 (42.59)

Died

 died = 1

148 (7.14)

124 (3.69)

70 (2.06)

39 (1.12)

729 (4.83)

 not died = 0

1924 (92.86)

3235 (96.31)

3327 (97.94)

3438 (98.88)

14,372 (95.17)

Smoking

 smoking = 1

879 (42.42)

1378 (41.04)

1402 (41.32)

1230 (35.42)

4889 (39.76)

 Not smoking = 0

1193 (57.58)

1980 (58.96)

1991 (58.68)

2243 (64.58)

7407 (60.24)

Drinking

 drinking = 1

654 (30.31)

748 (24.36)

749 (24.45)

720 (22.82)

2871 (25.08)

 drinking = 0

1504 (69.69)

2323 (75.64)

2315 (75.54)

2435 (77.78)

8577 (74.92)