Table 2 Prevalence of underweight, normal, overweight and Obesity among pensioners in Ghana, stratified by socio-demographic factors
Body Mass index groupings | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
≤18.4 | 18.5–24.9 | 25.0–29.9 | ≥ 30 | ||
Variable | Underweight | Normal | Overweight | Obese | |
N | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
Overall Prevalence | 4476 | 267 (6.0) | 2137 (47.7) | 1342 (30.0) | 730 (16.3) |
Prevalence by Sex | |||||
Male | 3069 | 232 (7.6) | 1743 (56.8) | 848 (27.6) | 246 (8.0) |
Female | 1402 | 34 (2.4) | 393 (28.0) | 492 (35.1) | 483 (34.5) |
Prevalence by Current Age in years | |||||
Less than 65 | 1625 | 72 (4.4) | 659 (40.6) | 559 (34.4) | 335 (20.6) |
65–69 | 1484 | 68 (4.6) | 711 (47.9) | 453 (30.5) | 252 (17.0) |
70–74 | 774 | 59 (7.6) | 425 (54.9) | 195 (25.9) | 95 (12.3) |
75–79 | 333 | 36 (10.8) | 198 (59.5) | 73 (21.9) | 26 (7.8) |
≥ 80 | 130 | 22 (5.9) | 71 (54.6) | 33 (25.4) | 4 (3.1) |
Prevalence by Religion | |||||
Christianity | 3793 | 202 (5.3) | 1752 (46.2) | 1168 (30.8) | 671 (17.7) |
Islam | 476 | 40 (8.4) | 263 (55.3) | 129 (27.1) | 44 (9.2) |
Traditional | 90 | 15 (16.7) | 65 (72.2) | 9 (10.0) | 1 (1.1) |
Others | 18 | 1 (5.6) | 8 (44.4) | 6 (33.3) | 3 (16.7) |
Prevalence by Highest Formal Educational Level | |||||
None | 484 | 49 (10.1) | 289 (59.7) | 112 (23.1) | 34 (7.0) |
Basic/ MSLCa | 1596 | 93 (5.8) | 797 (49.9) | 464 (29.10 | 242 (25.2) |
Secondary | 618 | 34 (5.5) | 292 (39.5) | 188 (30.4) | 104 (16.8) |
Tertiary | 1141 | 44 (3.9) | 451 (39.5) | 398 (34.90 | 248 (21.7) |
Others | 163 | 5 (3.0) | 70 (42.9) | 57 (35.0) | 31 (19.0) |
Prevalence by social classa | |||||
I [Professional] | 309 | 5 (1.62) | 76 (24.6) | 111 (35.9) | 117 (37.9) |
II [Managerial/technical] | 780 | 39 (5.0) | 357 (45.8) | 248 (31.8) | 136 (17.4) |
III [(N) Skilled non-manual] | 1287 | 71 (5.5) | 557 (43.3) | 446 (34.7) | 213 (16.6) |
III [(M) Skilled Manual] | 385 | 24 (6.1) | 222 (56.2) | 105 (26.6) | 44 (11.1) |
IV [Partly skilled] | 863 | 53 (6.1) | 449 (52.0) | 240 (27.8) | 121 (14.0) |
V [Unskilled] | 682 | 63 (9.2) | 392 (57.5) | 157 (23.0) | 70 (10.30 |
Prevalence by Current marital status | |||||
Never Married | 73 | 5 (6.9) | 32 (43.8) | 25 (34.3) | 11 (15.1) |
Married | 3155 | 198 (6.3) | 1629 (51 .6) | 919 (29.2) | 409 (13.0) |
Widow/Widower | 695 | 36 (5.2) | 249 (35.8) | 226 (32.5) | 184 (26.5) |
Divorced | 216 | 7 (3.3) | 80 (37.0) | 72 (33.3) | 57 (26.4) |
Separated | 181 | 11 (6.1) | 71 (39.2) | 59 (32.6) | 40 (22.1) |
Prevalence by ethnicity | |||||
Ga-Dangme | 185 | 8 (4.3) | 70 (37.8) | 60 (32.4) | 47 (25.4) |
Akan | 2215 | 101 (4.6) | 975 (44.0) | 715 (32.3) | 424 (19.1) |
Ewe | 749 | 33 (4.4) | 349 (46.6) | 240 (32.0) | 127 (17.0) |
Guan | 99 | 6 (6.1) | 44 (44.4) | 27 (27.3) | 22 (22.2) |
Mole-Dagomba | 832 | 87 (10.5) | 491 (59.0) | 197 (23.7) | 57 (6.9) |
Grusi | 84 | 11 (13.1) | 33 (39.3) | 26 (31.0) | 14 (16.7) |
Others | 312 | 21 (6.7) | 175 (56.1) | 77 (24.7) | 39 (12.5) |
Prevalence by region of residence | |||||
Ashanti | 1045 | 41 (3.9) | 445 (42.6) | 353 (33.8) | 206 (19.7) |
Brong Ahafo | 275 | 16 (5.8) | 142 (51.6) | 97 (35.3) | 20 (7.3) |
Central | 166 | 20 (12.1) | 100 (60.2) | 36 (21.7) | 10 (6.0) |
Eastern | 402 | 38 (9.5) | 207 (51.5) | 100 (24.9) | 57 (14.2) |
Greater Accra | 374 | 9 (2.4) | 164 (43.9) | 107 (28.6) | 94 (25.1) |
Northern | 329 | 17 (5.2) | 167 (50.8) | 105 (31.9) | 40 (12.2) |
Upper East | 258 | 28 (10.9) | 152 (58.9) | 59 (22.9) | 19 (7.4) |
Upper West | 338 | 58 (17.2) | 206 (61.0) | 62 (18.3) | 12 (3.6) |
Volta | 567 | 23 (4.0) | 265 (46.0) | 190 (33.0) | 98 (17.0) |
Western | 638 | 16 (2.5) | 262 (41.1) | 204 (32.0) | 156 (24.5) |