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National Census Report 2001, St. Vincent and the GrenadinesTable 7.3(b): Percentage of Persons Reporting Chronic Illness by Type of Illness,Age Group and Sex, 2001Age Hyperten Arthritis Asthma Diabetes Heart Sickle Kidney StrokeGroup -sion Disease Cell DiseaseTotal 7,561 5,398 4,630 3,663 950 853 445 355100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.000-14 0.09 0.89 52.61 0.25 11.05 28.14 9.44 1.9715-24 1.27 1.33 20.67 1.06 8.74 27.43 13.03 2.2525-44 18.95 10.84 16.74 14.39 14.11 31.65 37.98 7.8945-64 39.93 34.44 6.01 43.30 23.05 9.73 24.72 29.0265+ 39.76 52.50 3.97 41.00 43.05 3.05 14.83 58.87Male 2,324 1,811 2,200 1,231 370 277 194 142100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.000-14 0.22 1.33 61.41 0.32 17.03 44.40 13.92 2.1115-24 1.12 1.27 17.82 1.06 9.19 24.19 8.25 2.8225-44 16.74 10.99 12.36 13.08 12.97 22.02 28.35 10.5645-64 40.57 34.12 4.82 46.87 22.43 7.22 30.93 29.5865+ 41.35 52.29 3.59 38.67 38.38 2.17 18.55 54.93Female 5,237 3,587 2,430 2,432 580 576 251 213100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.000-14 0.04 0.67 44.65 0.21 7.24 20.31 5.98 1.8815-24 1.34 1.37 23.25 1.07 8.45 28.99 16.73 1.8825-44 19.93 10.76 20.70 15.05 14.83 36.29 45.42 6.1045-64 39.64 34.60 7.08 41.49 23.45 10.94 19.92 28.6465+ 39.05 52.60 4.32 42.18 46.03 3.47 11.95 61.507.5.1 HypertensionThere were 23 855 reported cases of illnesses in the 2001 Census representing 22.45 per cent ofthe tabulable population, with hypertension being reported as the most dominant illness with7561 cases reported. Females were more than two times likely than males to report hypertensionwith 5 237 (69.26 per cent) compared with 2 324 (30.74 per cent) males. The data on reported94