Table 2 Prevalence of falls across various individual attributes
From: Is multimorbidity associated with higher risk of falls among older adults in India?
Socio-demographic characteristics | Categories | n, % | (95% CI) |
|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | 60–69 | 1930, 12.4 | (11.9–12.9) |
70–79 | 929, 12.2 | (11.5–13.0) | |
≥ 80 | 371, 14.3 | (13.0–15.7) | |
Sex | Male | 1438, 11.4 | (10.9–12.0) |
Female | 1791, 13.6 | (13.0–14.2) | |
Residence | Rural | 2468, 13.4 | (12.9–13.9) |
Urban | 762, 10.3 | (9.6–11.0) | |
Education | Formal education | 1310, 11.7 | (11.1–12.3) |
No formal education | 1920, 13.2 | (12.6–13.8) | |
Caste | Scheduled Caste | 647, 13.5 | (12.5–14.4) |
Scheduled Tribe | 234, 11.1 | (9.8–12.5) | |
Other Backward Class | 1383, 11.8 | (11.2–12.4) | |
Others | 932, 13.4 | (12.6–14.3) | |
Working status | Currently working | 1103, 13.3 | (12.5–14.0) |
Currently not working | 2127, 12.2 | (11.7–12.7) | |
Partner status | Living with partner | 1937, 11.8 | (11.3–12.3) |
Not living with partner | 1267, 13.9 | (13.2–14.6) | |
Wealth Index | Most deprived | 646, 11.5 | (10.7–12.4) |
2 | 765, 13.6 | (12.7–14.5) | |
3 | 630, 11.8 | (10.9–12.7) | |
4 | 647, 12.8 | (11.9–13.8) | |
Most affluent | 542, 13.1 | (12.1–14.2) | |
Alcohol consumption | Yes | 500, 13.1 | (12.0–14.2) |
No | 2728, 12.5 | (12.1–12.9) | |
Tobacco consumption | Smoking | 441, 10.6 | (9.7–11.6) |
Smokeless | 829, 15.3 | (14.4–16.3) | |
Dual | 105, 12.3 | (10.1–14.7) | |
Abstainer | 1851, 12.1 | (11.6–12.6) | |
Region | North | 270, 12.8 | (11.4–14.3) |
Central | 844, 12.2 | (11.5–13.0) | |
East | 897, 15.2 | (14.3–16.2) | |
North-east | 74, 9.8 | (7.8–12.2) | |
West | 652, 15.0 | (14.0–16.1) | |
South | 493, 8.5 | (7.8–9.3) |