Table 5 Age and Sex Distribution (Actual & Weighted) of adult sample and the Jamaican Population
From: The Jamaica asthma and allergies national prevalence survey: rationale and methods
| Â | Sample | Jamaican population | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Males | Females | Total | Males | Females | Total | |||
| Â | Unwtd | Wtd | Unwtd | Wtd | Unwtd | Wtd | Â | Â | Â |
| Â | n(%) | % | n (%) | % | n (%) | % | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) |
18-24 | 128 (13.7) | 20.5 | 173 (14.1) | 20.3 | 301 (13.9) | 20.4 | 154602 (19.8) | 160551 (19.3) | 315153 (19.6) |
25-34 | 208 (22.2) | 24.8 | 323 (26.3) | 26.3 | 531 (24.6) | 25.6 | 193240 (24.8) | 211237 (25.4) | 404477 (25.1) |
35-44 | 237 (25.3) | 21.3 | 341 (27.8) | 21.9 | 578 (26.7) | 21.6 | 163930 (21.1) | 176453 (21.2) | 340383 (21.1) |
45-54 | 158 (16.9) | 13.9 | 180 (14.7) | 13.1 | 338 (15.6) | 13.5 | 105526 (13.5) | 105414 (12.6) | 210940 (13.1) |
55-64 | 92 (9.8) | 9.2 | 100 (8.2) | 8.1 | 192 (8.9) | 8.6 | 70473 (9.0) | 70455 (8.5) | 140928 (8.7) |
65-74 | 68 (7.3) | 6.9 | 55 (4.5) | 6.1 | 123 (5.7) | 6.4 | 53757 (6.9) | 58214 (6.9) | 111971 (6.9) |
75-84 | 35 (3.7) | 2.7 | 44 (3.6) | 3.1 | 79 (3.7) | 2.9 | 28015 (3.5) | 35126 (4.2) | 63141 (3.9) |
≥ 85 | 10 (1.1) | 0.7 | 11 (0.9) | 1.0 | 21 (1.0) | 0.9 | 9219 (1.1) | 15148 (1.8) | 24367 (1.5) |
Total | 936 | Â | 1227 | Â | 2163 | Â | 778762 | 832598 | 1611360 |