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Table 7 Prevalence of hypertension* by age, sex, rural/urban area and income quintiles among persons aged 50 years and older across six countries

From: Common risk factors for chronic non-communicable diseases among older adults in China, Ghana, Mexico, India, Russia and South Africa: the study on global AGEing and adult health (SAGE) wave 1

 

China

Ghana

India

Mexico

Russian Federation

South Africa

%

95% CI

%

95% CI

%

95% CI

%

95% CI

%

95% CI

%

95% CI

Men

            

50-59

53.8

[51.0,56.5]

56.9

[52.3,61.3]

29.3

[26.2,32.6]

49.1

[32.5,66.0]

61.5

[49.6,72.1]

70.5

[65.1,75.5]

60-69

64

[60.6,67.3]

58.2

[52.8,63.4]

29.7

[25.2,34.6]

67.1

[57.7,75.2]

68.9

[59.9,76.7]

79.6

[73.2,84.8]

70-79

69.5

[65.5,73.2]

59.2

[53.3,64.8]

35.9

[28.3,44.3]

70.7

[59.9,79.6]

72

[55.9,83.9]

80

[70.6,87.0]

80+

78.1

[72.4,82.9]

51.7

[43.9,59.5]

40.1

[30.0,51.3]

70.6

[58.2,80.6]

87.9

[74.4,94.8]

74

[57.5,85.7]

Women

            

50-59

53

[49.6,56.3]

61

[56.6,65.2]

30.8

[26.9,35.1]

48

[29.6,66.9]

57

[49.2,64.5]

78.9

[74.3,82.9]

60-69

65.8

[62.0,69.3]

62.1

[57.2,66.7]

37.2

[32.5,42.1]

65.3

[52.0,76.6]

77.7

[69.6,84.2]

81.3

[75.3,86.1]

70-79

72.4

[68.7,75.8]

61.9

[56.5,67.0]

43.2

[37.2,49.4]

84.8

[77.7,89.9]

82.1

[71.5,89.4]

84.5

[78.2,89.2]

80+

74

[66.5,80.4]

60.5

[53.1,67.4]

40.3

[30.3,51.2]

75.9

[62.1,85.8]

88.9

[80.7,93.8]

83.9

[75.2,89.9]

Residence

            

Urban

58.8

[56.3,61.3]

67.1

[63.8,70.2]

36.8

[30.8,43.4]

59.5

[51.8,66.8]

70.1

[64.7,75.0]

77.7

[74.6,80.5]

Rural

63.6

[60.2,66.9]

53.7

[50.4,57.0]

31.5

[29.8,33.3]

63.5

[46.8,77.5]

66.9

[60.7,72.5]

78.8

[74.5,82.6]

Income quintile**

           

Lowest

64.6

[60.4,68.7]

50.7

[45.7,55.6]

27.4

[23.3,31.9]

65.2

[58.1,71.7]

72.4

[61.7,81.1]

75.6

[69.4,80.9]

Second

60.3

[56.6,63.9]

56.7

[52.3,60.9]

30.9

[27.3,34.8]

70.6

[51.4,84.5]

74.8

[67.5,80.9]

77.4

[71.2,82.6]

Middle

60.7

[58.3,63.1]

58

[54.0,62.0]

30.3

[26.2,34.7]

48.5

[27.8,69.6]

71.6

[61.3,80.0]

80.2

[75.2,84.5]

Fourth

62.1

[59.4,64.8]

62.6

[58.5,66.6]

34.2

[30.5,38.1]

54

[42.3,65.3]

70.6

[62.4,77.7]

77.8

[71.9,82.8]

Highest

59.3

[55.3,63.2]

66.5

[62.4,70.3]

40.2

[36.3,44.2]

59.3

[44.9,72.3]

60.8

[50.2,70.5]

79.2

[74.9,83.0]

Total

61.3

[59.0,63.6]

59.2

[56.8,61.5]

33

[31.0,35.1]

60.3

[53.4,66.9]

69.2

[64.9,73.2]

78

[75.6,80.3]

  1. *Hypertension defined as systolic blood pressure greater than or equal to 140 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure greater than or equal to 90 mmHg19 and/or self-reported current treatment (in previous two weeks) of hypertension with antihypertensive treatments.
  2. **Income levels were generated through a multi-step process, where asset ownership was converted to an asset ladder, a Bayesian post-estimation method used to generate raw continuous income estimates, and then transformed into quintiles. Lowest (Quintile 1) is the quintile with the poorest households and Highest (Quintile 5) the quintile with the richest households.
  3. Note: Weighted estimates.