Reported Chronic Illnesses by Type of Illness, Age Group and Sex, 2001 & 2012


Reported Chronic Illnesses by Type of Illness, Age Group and Sex
2012
Age Group	Diabetes		Hypertension		Heart Disease		Asthma		Sickle Cell Anemia		Arthritis
	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%
Under 15	32	0.5	23	0.2	81	8.5	2,678	43.9	280	27.8	41	0.8
15 - 29	132	2.1	249	2.3	84	8.8	1,805	29.6	343	34.0	146	2.8
30 - 44	750	11.9	1,515	13.9	100	10.4	852	14.0	227	22.5	533	10.2
45 - 64	2,855	45.3	4,999	45.7	298	31.1	536	8.8	119	11.8	2,006	38.4
65 +	2,539	40.3	4,149	37.9	395	41.2	223	3.7	39	3.9	2,500	47.8
Total	6,308	100.0	10,935	100.0	958	100.0	6,094	100.0	1,008	100.0	5,226	100.0
2001
Age Group	Diabetes		Hypertension		Heart Disease		Asthma		Sickle Cell Anemia		Arthritis
	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%
Under 15	9	0.2	7	0.1	106	11.0	2,474	52.6	243	28.1	49	0.9
15 - 29	77	2.1	253	3.3	109	11.3	1,209	25.7	330	38.2	126	2.3
30 - 44	498	13.4	1,298	16.9	112	11.6	550	11.7	182	21.0	540	9.9
45 - 64	1,609	43.3	3,063	40.0	222	23.0	282	6.0	84	9.7	1,883	34.4
65 +	1,522	41.0	3,047	39.7	415	43.1	187	4.0	26	3.0	2,871	52.5
Total	3,715	100.0	7,668	100.0	964	100.0	4,702	100.0	865	100.0	5,469	100.0
Source: St. Vincent and the Grenadines' 2001 and 2012 Population and Housing Census.