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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics by individual countries and over pooled countries

From: Neurological signs as early determinants of dementia and predictors of mortality among older adults in Latin America: a 10/66 study using the NEUROEX assessment

Absolute values (%)

Across sites

Cuba

Dominican Republic

Peru

Venezuela

Mexico

Number of subjects

10,856 (100.0)

2941 (27.1)

2000 (18.5)

1931 (17.8)

1534 (18.1)

2002 (27.1)

Age

 65–69

3230 (29.8)

760 (25.9)

533 (26.4)

554 (28.6)

839 (41.8)

544 (27.1)

 70–74

2852 (26.3)

789 (26.9)

520 (25.9)

493 (25.5)

469 (23.6)

581 (29.0)

 75–79

2206 (20.3)

639 (21.7)

397 (19.7)

399 (207)

345 (18.4)

426 (21.3)

  > 79

2555 (23. 6)

749 (25.5)

561 (27.9)

486 (25.2)

308 (16.3)

451 (22.5)

 Female

6941 (62.9)

1913 (65.0)

1325 (65.9)

1183 (61.2)

1252 (64.6)

1268 (63.3)

Educational level

 None

1298 (12.0)

75 (2.5)

392 (19.7)

121 (6.3)

156 (8.1)

554 (27.7)

 Some, did not complete primary

3217 (29.9)

655 (22.3)

1022 (51.3)

231 (12.0)

445 (23.1)

864 (43.2)

 Completed primary

3392 (31.5)

979 (33.3)

370 (18.6)

727 (37.9)

965 (50.1)

351 (17.5)

 Completed secondary

1770 (16.4)

728 (24.8)

135 (6.8)

517 (27.0)

266 (13.8)

124 (6.2)

 Tertiary

1094 (10.2)

499 (17.0)

73 (3.7)

321 (16.7)

93 (4.8)

108 (5.4)

Number of assets

 0–3 assets

1673 (15.4)

451 (15.4)

643 (32.0)

155 (8.0)

48 (2.4)

376 (18.8)

 4–5 assets

4596 (42.4)

876 (29.8)

444 (22.1)

1134 (58.7)

0 (0.0)

844 (42.1)

 6 assets

2152 (19.8)

1073 (36.5)

733 (36.5)

181 (9.4)

1298 (66.1)

165 (8.2)

 More than 6 assets

2422 (22.3)

536 (18.3)

186 (9.3)

463 (23.9)

619 (31.5)

618 (30.8)

 Food insecurity

752 (7.0)

140 (4.8)

240 (12.1)

137 (7.2)

111 (6.0)

124 (6.2)

 Income insecurity

4433 (40.8)

527 (17.9)

1400 (69.6)

668 (34.6)

818 (41.6)

1020 (50.9)