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Just how healthy are the people of Dubai?
A survey that gives a clear picture of the health of Dubai residents and will help shape the emirate's future health strategy was released on Tuesday.
Findings of the survey > Emirati nationals were more depressed than expatriates. 96 females out of 10,000 suffered from depression as compared to 13 out of 10,000 males. > 21.9% of the people were smokers (24.8% men and 4.2 p% women). > Those involved in vigorous physical activity were 10.8% males and 2.2% females > 3.5% were found to suffer from hypertension and more women (5.1%) suffered from the disease than men (3.2%). > More Emiratis (18.9%) suffered from hypertension out of which 20% were men and 18% are women. > It was found that more expat women (6.6%) suffered from hypertension than expat men (3.9%). > 50.5% said they eat fruits once every day and 29.9% said they eat fruits twice a day > While 42.7% eat vegetables once a day and 32.2 % eat vegetables twice a day. > 36.1% of the people suffered from borderline obesity; while 11.9% were obese. > Emirati elderly (14.7%) suffered from high cholesterol, 27.4 suffered from hypertension. > Many Emirati elderly (35%), require help in taking part in daily activities, 16.4% require help bathing, 14% require help in changing clothes and 8.1% need help in eating > For a female elderly, a son/daughter/maid (30.7%) provided more care than husband while for a male elderly, (34.8%) were taken care of by wives. |
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