Table 2 Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of patients with Type 2 DM in Chongqing, 2013
Variables | DJ county N(%) | YB district N(%) | Total N(%) | χ 2 | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Type of residence | Rural | 146 (65.77) | 51 (18.61) | 197 (39.72) | 113.88 | <0.01 |
Urban | 76 (34.23) | 223 (81.39) | 299 (60.28) | |||
Age (years) | ≤59 | 52 (23.42) | 65 (23.72) | 117 (23.59) | 1.09 | 0.58 |
60 ~ 69 | 91 (40.99) | 123 (44.89) | 214 (43.15) | |||
≥70 | 79 (35.59) | 86 (31.39) | 165 (33.27) | |||
Sex | Male | 95 (42.79) | 105 (38.32) | 200 (40.32) | 1.02 | 0.31 |
Female | 127 (57.21) | 169 (61.68) | 296 (59.68) | |||
Education a | Middle school or higher | 82 (37.79) | 95 (34.67) | 177 (36.05) | 12.66 | <0.01 |
Primary school | 64 (29.49) | 120 (43.80) | 184 (37.47) | |||
Illiterate | 71 (32.72) | 59 (21.53) | 130 (26.48) | |||
Income category b | High | 73 (33.03) | 90 (33.46) | 172 (35.10) | 1.81 | 0.40 |
Middle | 75 (33.94) | 104 (38.66) | 156 (31.84) | |||
Low | 73 (33.03) | 75 (27.88) | 162 (33.06) | |||
Type of health insurance c | UEBMI | 54 (24.43) | 73 (26.64) | 127 (25.66) | 0.31 | 0.58 |
URRBMI | 167 (75.57) | 201 (73.36) | 368 (74.34) | |||
Involved in the targeted disease reimbursement program d | Yes | 68 (31.05) | 85 (31.02) | 153 (31.03) | 0.00 | 0.99 |
No | 151 (68.95) | 189 (68.98) | 340 (68.97) | |||
Years living with Type 2 DM | ≤5 | 116 (52.25) | 155 (56.57) | 271 (54.64) | 0.92 | 0.34 |
>5 | 106 (47.75) | 119 (43.43) | 225 (45.36) |