Prevalence and Factors Associated with Self-Reported Vision Disability among the Elderly in Malaysia: Findings from National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS) 2018

Table 2

Sociodemographic characteristics of the elderly (60 years and above), NHMS 2018 (n = 3977).

Sociodemographic characteristics	Unweighted count (n)	Percentage (%)
Age (mean±SD)	68.30	(6.95)
Gender
Male	1872	48.9
Female	2105	51.1
Residence
Urban	1689	42.5
Rural	2288	57.5
Ethnic group
Malay	2581	64.9
Chinese	710	17.9
Indian	126	3.2
Other Bumiputera	446	11.2
Others	114	2.9
Education level
No formal education	806	20.3
Primary school education	1939	48.8
Secondary school education	967	24.3
Tertiary education	265	6.7
Marital status
Married	2624	66.0
Never married/separated/divorced/widowed	1350	34.0
Occupation status
Employed	1050	26.4
Unemployed/retiree/homemaker	2927	73.6
Diabetes mellitus	1018	25.6
Hypertension	2027	51.1
Current smoker	622	15.7
Malnutrition	1419	35.7