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Table 1 Sample demographic and other profiles

From: Annual prevalence of unmet healthcare need in Thailand: evidence from national household surveys between 2011 and 2019

Population characteristics

Year

2011

2013

2015

2017

2019

Sample size

71,847

71,533

139,858

65,781

63,594

Number population (N)

67,495,323

66,263,166

67,163,733

67,572,274

67,921,857

Sex (%)

 Male

49.1

48.9

48.8

48.8

48.7

 Female

50.9

51.1

51.2

51.2

51.3

Age group (%)

 0–5 year

7.5

6.9

6.8

6.7

6.5

 6–14 year

12.7

11.6

11.1

10.7

10.3

 15–44 year

44.2

45.9

44.7

43.7

42.8

 45–59 year

23.5

21.4

22.1

22.5

22.7

 60 year and over

12.1

14.2

15.4

16.5

17.8

Municipal area (%)

 Urban

34.3

44.5

44.5

44.7

44.8

 Rural

65.7

55.5

55.5

55.3

55.2

Region (%)

 Bangkok

10.2

12.8

12.8

12.9

13.0

 Central

23.8

28.3

28.6

29.0

29.4

 North

18.1

17.5

17.1

16.9

16.7

 Northeast

34.0

27.9

27.9

27.6

27.3

 South

14.0

13.6

13.6

13.7

13.8

Health Insurance (%)

 UCS

80.1

76.1

75.8

75.0

75.1

 SHI

11.3

15.3

16.1

17.0

17.6

 CSMBS

8.6

8.6

8.1

8.0

7.3

Education (%)

 No education

4.3

4.9

4.4

4.6

4.3

 Primary school and below

57.5

52.6

50.6

49.9

48.2

 Secondary school and diploma

29.5

31.5

33.5

34.1

35.1

 Bachelor’s degree and above

8.6

10.9

1.0

11.1

12.1

 Others and unknown

0.1

0.2

0.5

0.4

0.3

Marital Status (%)

 Single

26.0

28.4

28.3

29.0

29.8

 Married

63.1

60.4

60.3

59.0

57.8

 Widowed

7.2

7.4

7.6

7.8

7.9

 Divorce / separated

3.8

3.8

3.8

4.2

4.5

Having chronic diseases (%)

 No

84.0

82.6

82.5

81.4

82.2

 Yes

16.0

17.4

17.5

18.6

17.8