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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population by survey year: National Survey of Risk Factors (ENFR) 2005, 2009, and 2013, Argentina

From: Educational inequalities, urbanicity and levels of non-communicable diseases risk factors: evaluating trends in Argentina (2005–2013)

 

ENFR2005

ENFR2009

ENFR2013

(n = 41,392)

(n = 34,732)

(n = 32,365)

Sample size per province, median

1670

1271

1051

Individual-level characteristics

 Female, %

52.5

53.3

52.6

 Age, mean (SD)

43.3 (17.9)

43.6 (18.0)

44.3 (17.9)

Education, %

 No formal education

1.8

1.6

1.3

 Primary incomplete

11.1

9.2

8.6

 Primary complete

26.2

22.7

21.6

 Secondary incomplete

16.8

17.3

16.7

 Secondary complete

20.1

22.4

24.5

 Tertiary/University incomplete

11.9

12.2

11.7

 Tertiary/University complete

12.1

14.6

15.6

Outcomes, %

 Hypertension

31.2

34.8

34.3

 Diabetes

8.5

9.6

9.8

 Obesity

15.8

18.5

21.5

 Current smoking

29.7

27.1

25.1

Province-level characteristic

 Households living in urban areas, mean (SD)

84.8 (7.8)

87.4 (7.3)

88.1 (6.9)

  1. Twenty-four geographical/administrative units (twenty-three provinces and the City of Buenos Aires) represented in each survey