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Table 6 Age and Sex Distribution (Actual & Weighted) of the children sample and the Jamaican Population

From: The Jamaica asthma and allergies national prevalence survey: rationale and methods

Sample

Jamaica population

  

Males

Females

Total

Males

Females

Total

 

Unwtd

Wtd

Uwtd

Wtd

Unwtd

Wtd

   
 

n (%)

%

n (%)

%

n (%)

%

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

2-4

189 18.6)

18.6

181 (18.1)

18.4

370 (18.3)

18.5

83348 (18.6)

80342 (18.4)

163690 (18.5)

5-9

343 (33.7)

33.4

323 (32.4)

33.2

666 (33.0)

33.3

149653 (33.4)

145219 (33.2)

294872 (33.3)

10-14

317 (31.1)

31.1

322 (32.3)

31.2

639 (31.7)

31.2

139372 (31.1)

136507 (31.2)

275879 (31.2)

15-17

170 (16.7)

16.9

172 (17.2)

17.2

342 (16.9)

17.1

75878 (16.9)

75307 (17.2)

151185 (17.1)

Total

1019

 

998

 

2017

 

448251

437375

885626