Research Article

Burden of Self-Reported Noncommunicable Diseases in 26 Villages of Anand District of Gujarat, India

Table 5

Association between number of NCDs with other variables (age group 20–69 years).

Variable
Number of NCDs
01≥2

Overall (for adults >20 years)
52576 (94.8%)2152 (4.5%)363 (0.7%)
Age groups
 20–39 years30043 (98.9%)333 (1.1%)13 (0.0%)
 40–59 years18388 (92.1%)1401 (7.0%)184 (1.0%)
 60–69 years4145 (81.5%)778 (15.3%)166 (3.3%)
Gender (for adults >20 years)
 Male27134 (95.1%)1214 (4.3%)189 (0.7%)
 Female 25442 (94.5%)1298 (4.8%)174 (0.6%)
Education (for adults >20 years)
 Illiterate9851 (95%)486 (4.7%)35 (0.3%)
 ≤8 years of schooling20517 (95.2%)915 (4.2%)115 (0.5%)
 8–12 years of schooling18760 (94.5%)914 (4.6%)178 (0.9%)
 >12 years of schooling3448 (93.7%)197 (5.4%)35 (1%)
Substance use
 Oral tobacco14726 (96%)538 (3.5%)83 (0.5%)
 Smoking4894 (93%)323 (6.1%)45 (0.9%)
 Oral tobacco and smoking18197 (95.2%)797 (4.2%)116 (0.6%)
 Alcohol1111 (95.8%)42 (3.6%)7 (0.6%)
 Any substance18337 (95.2%)804 (4.2%)116 (0.6%)
 All three315 (96.6%)11 (3.4%)0