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Table 2 Demographics of the screening population

From: Prevalence of asthma among the adult general population of five Middle Eastern countries: results of the SNAPSHOT program

Demographic

Criteria

Egypt

Gulf cluster

Turkey

N = 10,014

N = 13,472

N = 10,000

Gender n (%)

Count

10,014

13,472

10,000

Men

5747 (57.4)

8524 (63.3)

5339 (53.4)

Women

4267 (42.6)

4948 (36.7)

4661 (46.6)

Age n (%)

Count

10,014

13,472

10,000

18–34 years

4978 (49.7)

7055 (52.4)

3926 (39.3)

35–49 years

2453 (24.5)

4745 (35.2)

2723 (27.2)

≥ 50 years

2583 (25.8)

1672 (12.4)

3351 (33.5)

Marital Status n (%)

Count

9814

13,013

9522

Married

7357 (75.0)

9000 (69.2)

7054 (74.1)

Living as unmarried couple

3 (0.03)

4 (0.03)

6 (0.06)

Separated/divorced

160 (1.6)

325 (2.5)

130 (1.4)

Widowed

362 (3.7)

206 (0.02)

390 (4.1)

Single/never married

1932 (19.7)

3478 (26.7)

1942 (20.4)

Education level n (%)

Count

9755

12,877

9079

No high school

2767 (28.4)

1789 (13.9)

5245 (57.8)

Some high school

236 (2.4)

283 (1.2)

156 (1.7)

High school graduate

2291 (23.5)

3501 (27.2)

1842 (20.3)

Technical post-secondary

1386 (14.2)

834 (6.5)

306 (3.4)

Some college

434 (4.5)

757 (5.9)

430 (4.8)

College graduate

2267 (23.2)

4837 (37.5)

1040 (11.5)

Post graduate degree

374 (3.8)

876 (6.8)

60 (0.7)

Employment Status n (%)

Count

9735

12,834

9721

Employed (full or part time)

5592 (57.4)

8732 (68.0)

4299 (44.2)

Unemployed

447 (4.6)

584 (4.6)

1243 (12.8)

Retired and not working

579 (6.0)

291 (2.3)

1462 (15.0)

Student

524 (5.4)

738 (0.06)

340 (3.5)

Homemaker

2545 (26.1)

2466 (19.2)

2370 (24.4)

Disabled or too ill to work

48 (0.5)

23 (0.2)

7 (0.07)

Yearly Household Income n (%)

Count

9.596

12,555

9125

< minimum wage

3465 (36.1)

1616 (12.9)

1427 (15.6)

Minimum wage

4110 (42.8)

8917 (71.0)

3023 (33.1)

2 × minimum wage

1277 (13.3)

1243 (9.9)

4276 (46.9)

>  2 times minimum wage

744 (7.8)

779 (6.2)

399 (4.4)

Smoking n (%)

Count

9814

13,014

9784

Non-smoker

6513 (66.4)

9176 (70.5)

5942 (60.7)

Current/former smoker

3301 (33.6)

3838 (29.5)

3842 (39.3)

BMI n (%)

Count

9338

12,156

9028

Underweight

230 (2.5)

469 (3.9)

271 (3.0)

Normal weight

3060 (32.8)

4605 (37.9)

3826 (42.4)

Overweight

3253 (34.8)

4333 (35.6)

3299 (36.5)

Obese

2795 (29.9)

2749 (22.6)

1632 (18.1)

  1. Demographics of the screening population (N = 33,486) by country and cluster. BMI = body mass index