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Table 1 Distribution of respondents by select socio-demographic characteristics and hypertension rates, 2013

From: A population-based national estimate of the prevalence and risk factors associated with hypertension in Rwanda: implications for prevention and control

 

Men

Women

Both sex

p-value

Variable

n

%

95% CI

n

%

95% CI

n

 

95% CI

Overall

2650

16.5

15.1-18.0

4466

14.4

13.4-15.5

7116

15.4

14.6-16.3

0.018

Age group

 15–24

560

8.4

6.3–11.0

925

7.4

5.8–9.2

1485

7.9

6.5–9.4

<0.001

 25–34

912

18.0

15.6–20.6

1437

8.9

7.5–10.5

2349

13.2

11.9–14.7

 35–44

554

20.0

16.9–23.6

982

18.3

16.0–20.9

1536

19.1

17.2–21.2

 45–54

388

25.0

20.9–29.6

653

30.3

26.9–33.9

1041

27.8

25.2–30.7

 55–64

236

38.1

32.1–44.5

469

41.4

37.0–45.9

705

39.9

36.3–43.7

Province

 Eastern

636

13.4

10.9–16.4

1028

11.8

10.0–13.9

1664

12.6

8.4–14.3

<0.001

 Kigali

282

15.2

11.4–20.0

523

13.5

10.8–16.7

805

14.2

11.9–16.9

 Northern

447

19.1

15.6–23.2

761

16.0

13.6–18.7

1208

17.5

11.4–19.8

 Southern

584

16.5

15.7–19.7

944

13.3

11.4–15.6

1528

14.9

13.2–16.8

 Western

701

18.6

15.8–21.8

1210

17.2

15.1–19.4

1911

17.8

16.1–19.7

Locality

 Rural

2106

16.0

14.5–17.7

3469

14.2

13.0–15.3

5575

15.0

14.1–16.0

0.082

 Semi urban

208

20.8

15.7–27.0

384

16.7

13.2–20.8

592

18.5

15.5–22.0

 Urban

336

17.0

13.3–21.5

613

14.6

12.1–17.6

949

15.7

13.5–18.3

Level of Education

 No formal school

405

18.4

14.9–22.5

1025

22.2

19.8–24.9

1430

20.8

18.7–23.0

<0.001

 Primary school

1813

16.5

14.9–18.3

2849

12.1

10.9–13.3

4662

14.2

13.2–15.3

 Secondary school

371

14.6

11.3–18.6

539

15.3

12.6–18.6

910

15.0

12.7–17.5

 University

61

20.8

12.6–32.4

53

10.5

4.3–23.3

114

16.9

11.1–25.0

Marrital Status

 Never Married

757

10.3

8.4–12.7

922

8.9

7.2–10.9

1679

9.7

8.3–11.2

<0.001

 Married/Cohabitating

1781

21.0

19.1–23.0

2764

15.0

13.7–16.3

4545

17.8

16.7–18.9

 Separated/Divorced/Widowed

110

21.7

14.8–30.5

776

24.8

21.9–28.0

886

24.3

21.5–27.2

Occupation

 Employed/paid

153

22.8

16.6–30.3

145

12.7

8.0–19.4

298

18.7

14.5–23.8

<0.001

 Self-employed

2137

18.3

16.7–20.0

3689

15.6

14.5–16.8

5826

16.9

15.8–17.8

 Student

211

4.6

2.5–8.5

274

5.4

3.3–8.8

485

5.0

3.3–7.4

 Unemployed

146

16.9

11.6–24.0

351

16.1

12.7–20.2

497

16.4

13.4–20.0

 Not mentioned

3

0.0

 

7

11.5

0.7–70.0

10

6.3

0.5–46.3

Screening & Awareness

 Previously diagnosed

73

12.8

10.1–15.9

272

33.6

30.2–37.2

345

23.0

20.7–25.4

 

 Aware

25

34.6

24.1–46.8

80

27.2

22.2–32.9

115

29.3

24.5–34-5