Table 6 Age-adjusted percentage of men and women having hypertension by education, gender, ethnicity and location
Age/Ethnicity/ | Men | Women | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Location/Region | University | Technical | Secondary | Primary | None | University | Technical | Secondary | Primary | None |
30 – 39 | 19 (0.001) | 17 (0.05) | 24 (0.001) | 26 (0.01) | 43 (0.1) | 8 (0.001) | 7 (0.1) | 19 (0.001) | 20 (0.001) | 14 (0.001) |
40 – 49 | 33 (0.001) | 43 (0.001) | 34 (0.001) | 39 (0.001) | 46 (0.001) | 19 (0.001) | 19 (0.05) | 33 (0.001) | 34 (0.001) | 30 (0.001) |
50 – 59 | 46 (0.001) | 37 (0.001) | 38 (0.001) | 47 (0.001) | 42 (0.001) | 38 (0.001) | 25 (0.05) | 41 (0.001) | 51 (0.001) | 46 (0.001) |
60 – 69 | 51 (0.001) | 67 (0.05) | 56 (0.001) | 63 (0.001) | 56 (0.001) | 40 (0.001) | 56 (0.05) | 56 (0.001) | 62 (0.001) | 56 (0.001) |
≥ 70 | 63 (0.001) | 65 (0.001) | 71 (0.001) | 69 (0.001) | 69 (0.001) | 57 (0.05) | 60 (0.1) | 59 (0.001) | 62 (0.001) | 66 (0.001) |
Malay | 22 (0.001) | 34 (0.001) | 19 (0.001) | 37 (0.001) | 19 (0.001) | 11 (0.001) | 6 (0.05) | 20 (0.001) | 27 (0.001) | 42 (0.001) |
Chinese | 16 (0.001) | 23 (0.001) | 21 (0.001) | 35 (0.001) | 14 (0.001) | 12 (0.001) | 7 (0.1) | 26 (0.001) | 35 (0.001) | 36 (0.001) |
Indian | 15 (0.001) | 36 (0.05) | 18 (0.001) | 20 (0.01) | 10 (0.1) | 8 (0.01) | 39 (0.05) | 19 (0.001) | 32 (0.001) | 44 (30.001) |
Others | 15 (0.01) | 20 (0.001) | 21 (0.001) | 24 (0.001) | 20 (0.001) | 8 (0.05) | 46 (0.1) | 16 (0.001) | 19 (0.001) | 30 (0.001) |
Urban | 20 (0.001) | 24 (0.001) | 19 (0.001) | 24 (0.001) | 19 (0.001) | 11 (0.001) | 9 (0.001) | 20 (0.001) | 42 (0.001) | 35 (0.001) |
Rural | 20 (0.001) | 22 (0.001) | 19 (0.001) | 27 (0.001) | 19 (0.001) | 11 (0.001) | 10 (0.001) | 21 (0.001) | 26 (0.001) | 35 (0.001) |
WPM | 35 (0.001) | 32 (0.001) | 37 (0.001) | 48 (0.001) | 19 (0.001) | 23 (0.001) | 22 (0.001) | 35 (0.001) | 46 (0.001) | 49 (0.001) |
EPM | 40 (0.001) | 40 (0.001) | 49 (0.001) | 58 (0.001) | 26 (0.001) | 17 (0.001) | 31 (0.05) | 36 (0.001) | 54 (0.001) | 57 (0.001) |
EM | 49 (0.001) | 75 (0.05) | 50 (0.001) | 57 (0.001) | 25 (0.001) | 23 (0.001) | 15 (0.1) | 32 (0.001) | 47 (0.001) | 40 (0.001) |