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Gender, Marital Status and Disease Profile: A Case Study of Older's Wellbeing

Author(s) -

Aftab Ahmed,

Abid Ghafoor Chaudhry

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

global anthropological studies review

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2788-4678

pISSN - 2788-466X

DOI - 10.31703/gasr.2019(ii-i).04

Subject(s) - marital status , gerontology , medicine , percentile , disease , older people , demography , diabetes mellitus , population , environmental health , sociology , statistics , mathematics , pathology , endocrinology

Pakistan's aging population is increasing daily. This paper uncovered the comparative relationship between marital status and disease manifestation among older persons. Maximum participation of older persons was in category 66-70 years. Data reveals; widowed women were suffering more as compared to older men of same age. The percentile reflects that 68.8 percent of women were hypertensive, 57.1 percent had heart problems, 70.6 percent suffered diabetes, 66.7 percent were affected by arthritis, 62.5 percent faced asthma issues and 40.9 percent were caught by other diseases. The study concludes that women in older age need more attention and care for their wellbeing.

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