Table 2 Mean age and proportion of older individuals by region
From: Income-related health inequalities across regions in Korea
Region | Elderly, ≥ 65 | Elderly, ≥ 70 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | average | SD | N | % | N | % | |
Gangwon | 1545 | 49.1 | 15.9 | 299 | 19.4 | 160 | 10.4 |
Gyeonggi | 8239 | 43.2 | 15.0 | 949 | 11.5 | 567 | 6.9 |
Gyeongnam | 3166 | 45.5 | 15.9 | 465 | 14.7 | 291 | 9.2 |
Gyeongbuk | 2675 | 50.2 | 17.1 | 651 | 24.3 | 423 | 15.8 |
Gwangju | 1367 | 43.3 | 15.8 | 159 | 11.6 | 103 | 7.5 |
Daegu | 2307 | 43.7 | 15.6 | 270 | 11.7 | 158 | 6.8 |
Daejeon | 1315 | 44.6 | 15.4 | 170 | 12.9 | 87 | 6.6 |
Busan | 3654 | 44.0 | 15.3 | 408 | 11.2 | 233 | 6.4 |
Seoul | 9253 | 42.9 | 15.3 | 955 | 10.3 | 543 | 5.9 |
Ulsan | 932 | 41.5 | 14.4 | 81 | 8.7 | 46 | 4.9 |
Incheon | 2156 | 43.0 | 15.0 | 242 | 11.2 | 149 | 6.9 |
Jeonnam | 2003 | 51.8 | 16.7 | 532 | 26.6 | 328 | 16.4 |
Jeonbuk | 2252 | 47.6 | 16.6 | 413 | 18.3 | 248 | 11.0 |
Jeju | 873 | 46.4 | 16.5 | 140 | 16.0 | 88 | 10.1 |
Chungnam | 1916 | 48.9 | 16.9 | 441 | 23.0 | 247 | 12.9 |
Chungbuk | 1580 | 47.0 | 16.4 | 274 | 17.3 | 163 | 10.3 |
Total | 45233 | 45.0 | 15.9 | 6449 | 14.3 | 3834 | 8.5 |