SEX.......

[Sparticus]

....that made you look hahaha

Im currious to know if any studies have been done to determine which sex if any is it prevalent in. Is there more males with OSA or Females. I would have said males but Im not so sure.

[sleepymarie]

....that made you look hahaha

.

yes it did certainly make me look, says a lot dosent it

[Berneta]

SEX

Well that ought to wake everyone up! LOL. I'm betting more females have it--but more male complain about it. Berneta

[Sparticus]

Well that ought to wake everyone up! LOL. I'm betting more females have it--but more male complain about it. Berneta

I like that and your probably not far from the truth

[Sparticus]

Dont Worry

yes it did certainly make me look, says a lot dosent it

No it doesnt say alot, just curious like the rest, but I bottled out of the other side of sex as it can be a real can of worms lol

[Richard]

My understanding is that sex is more prevalent among women than men, but OSA is twice as prevalent among men than women.

[Sparticus]

Confused?

Im confused? Does that make me a male statistic

[Tom @ Intus]

According to the NHS...

OSA is a relatively common condition that affects men more than women. In the UK, it is estimated that around 4 in 100 middle-aged men and 2 in 100 middle-aged women have OSA.

The onset of OSA is most common in people aged 35 to 54 years old, although it can affect people of all ages, including children. The condition often goes undiagnosed. Only one in four people with obstructive sleep apnoea are diagnosed with the condition.

Studies have also shown that 60% of people over 65 years old have OSA.

[Sparticus]

Thanks

Thanks Tom, my hunch was right

[Tigers Fan]

When I did stats, 1 in 4 un-diagnosed means a margin of error of 75%. People with OSA are estimated 2:1 men over women. Apply 75% error and the stats are meaningless, so we don't know.

The accepted myth may be twice as many men as women, but - according to Tom's figures - we just don't know.

Perhaps there are twice as many men as women who have been diagnosed?

TF

[Tom @ Intus]

What I like is how they can predict how many people are undiagnosed of any particular condition.

Basically just put the numbers 1 to 70,000,000 in a random generator and see what comes out...

[Sparticus]

Ok

love the numbers, the chance of me getting a love in, in the next 5 years are 1-1,000,000,000,000, no change there then.

[Tigers Fan]

Oops!

Just for the record - 400%, not 75%.

As Tom says, random number generation.

If you take a population sample of, say, 10,000 and of those, four hundred men and two hundred women have been diagnosed with OSA, while twenty-four hundred men and women have OSA but had not been diagnosed till the sampling, we can draw the following conclusions for the whole country:

4% of men have OSA while only 2% of women have it, but only one in four sufferers have been diagnosed.

The problem is getting a representative sample, so back to randon number generation. In fact, they use far smaller samples than 10,000, for reasons of cost.

Anyone hazard a guess as to the total cost of the Census next year?

TF

[Sparticus]

Costs

Just for the record - 400%, not 75%.

As Tom says, random number generation.

If you take a population sample of, say, 10,000 and of those, four hundred men and two hundred women have been diagnosed with OSA, while twenty-four hundred men and women have OSA but had not been diagnosed till the sampling, we can draw the following conclusions for the whole country:

4% of men have OSA while only 2% of women have it, but only one in four sufferers have been diagnosed.

The problem is getting a representative sample, so back to randon number generation. In fact, they use far smaller samples than 10,000, for reasons of cost.

Anyone hazard a guess as to the total cost of the Census next year?

TF

Staff costs, paper, mail! I'd go for around 6-7 Million squid

[Tigers Fan]

That was by Tuesday of the first week of the first month of the first year of the project!