关键词: 慢性病, 农村人口, 性别, 影响因素分析

Abstract: Objective　To investigate the factors associated with sex-specific prevalence rate of chronic diseases in rural areas of Yunan's Zhaotong，providing a reference for formulating targeted measures for such populations in China.Methods　This study conducted between July and November 2013，using stratified and random cluster sampling，we sampled the participants and collected their following data via a home-based face-to-face questionnaire survey：basic family information（family size，economic status，monthly household income，monthly household expenditure，monthly income of each family members），demographic characteristics（sex，age，nation，occupation，education level，marital status），and prevalence of chronic diseases.Results　Of the 3 700 questionnaires administered，3 697 responsive ones were returned with a response rate of 99.92%.The overall prevalence rate of chronic diseases was 12.7%.Males demonstrated lower standardized prevalence rate of chronic diseases compared with females（12.1% vs 16.1%）（χ2=45.220，P<0.001）．Multivariate Logistic regression analysis showed that the risk factors of chronic diseases for males included low income，older age，farmer or unemployed，married or divorced or widowed，small number of family members（P<0.05），whereas for females，they were low income，older age，low education level，minority，farmer or unemployed，divorced or widowed，small number of family members
（P<0.05）．Conclusion　Attention should be paid to rural residents who are older，farmers or unemployed，divorced or widowed and had low income.Females，especially minority and those with low education level should be intensely focused.

Key words: Chronic diseases, Rural population, Sex, Root cause analysis