Prevalence and logistic regression analysis on social factors on chronic diseases of middle-elderly people in Henan province

  Objective   To learn the prevalence of chronic diseases and risk factors of middle elderly people in Henan Province.

  Methods   Cluster, stratified and multistage sampling was taken.1 261 residents over 40 years old were assigned to fill in the questionnaires designed by WHO.

  Results   The total prevalent rate was 62.7%, 58.1% in male and 68.9% in female.24.6%, 16.0%, and 22.1% of people had one, two, and more than two kinds of chronic diseases respectively.The top three diseases were arthritis and arthropathy, backache or intervertebral disc diseases, gastritis or gastric ulcer.Analysis of multiple factors showed that age, sex, occupation, income, resident surroundings were main social factors affecting prevalent rate of chronic diseases.

  Conclusion   The prevalence of chronic diseases of middle elderly people in Henan is higher than that of the people living in another area.Counter measure should be strengthened and more attention should be paid to the elder, the female and the poor man.