Table 1 Patient demographics by age group of the 513 enrolled HZ patients
50–59 y N = 142 | 60–64 y N = 59 | 65–69 y N = 67 | 70–79 y N = 182 | ≥ 80 y N = 63 | Overall N = 513 | |||||||
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n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Gender | ||||||||||||
Male | 48 | 33.8 | 25 | 42.4 | 23 | 34.3 | 62 | 34.1 | 32 | 50.8 | 190 | 37.0 |
Female | 94 | 66.2 | 34 | 57.6 | 44 | 65.7 | 120 | 65.9 | 31 | 49.2 | 323 | 63.0 |
Employment | ||||||||||||
(Self)-employed | 115 | 81.0 | 29 | 49.2 | – | – | – | 144 | 28.1 | |||
Seeking work | 6 | 4.2 | – | – | – | – | 6 | 1.2 | ||||
Unemployed* | 4 | 2.8 | 3 | 5.1 | – | 1 | 0.5 | 8 | 8 | 1.6 | ||
Retired | 8 | 5.6 | 25 | 42.4 | 66 | 98.5 | 178 | 97.8 | 63 | 100 | 340 | 66.3 |
Missing | 9 | 6.3 | 2 | 3.4 | 1 | 1.5 | 3 | 1.6 | – | 15 | 2.9 | |
Age | ||||||||||||
Mean | 54.7 | 62.0 | 67.3 | 74.4 | 84.3 | 67.8 | ||||||
SD | 3.0 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 10.4 | ||||||
Median | 55 | 62 | 67 | 74 | 83 | 69 | ||||||