Table 2 Prevalence of various individual dietary risk factors, STEPS survey, 2015
From: Dietary risk factors for non-communicable diseases in Kenya: findings of the STEPS survey, 2015
Variable | Age-group | Prevalence (%, 95% CI) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Male | Female | Overall | ||
Always add salt to food before eating/while eating | 18–29 | 28.8 (22.1–35.5) | 18.9 (13.8–24.1) | 23.6 (18.5–28.8) |
30–44 | 25.1 (19.5–30.6) | 23.2 (17.7–28.6) | 24.1 (19.7–28.5) | |
45–59 | 21.9 (15.9–27.9) | 18.2 (13.4–23.0) | 20.1 (16.1–24.1) | |
60–69 | 24.7 (16.1–33.3) | 20.7 (10.8–30.7) | 22.6 (15.3–30.0) | |
18–69 | 26.2 (21.5–31.0) | 20.3 (15.9–24.6) | 23.2 (19.1–27.2) | |
Often consume processed foods high in salt | 18–29 | 7.0 (3.8–10.1) | 4.2 (2.3–6.1) | 5.5 (3.9–7.2) |
30–44 | 3.7 (2.1–5.3) | 3.8 (1.1–6.6) | 3.8 (2.2–5.3) | |
45–59 | 3.3 (1.2–5.3) | 2.8 (0.0–5.8) | 3.0 (1.4–4.7) | |
60–69 | 1.6 (0.0–4.2) | 0.0 (0.0–0.0) | 0.8 (0.0–2.0) | |
18–69 | 5.0 (3.2–6.8) | 3.7 (2.1–5.2) | 4.3 (3.2–5.5) | |
Consumes processed foods high in sugar | 18–29 | 2.1 (0.6–3.5) | 2.9 (0.7–5.2) | 2.5 (1.2–3.9) |
30–44 | 1.9 (0.5–3.4) | 0.3 (0.1–0.5) | 1.1 (0.4–1.9) | |
45–59 | 1.1 (0.0–2.3) | 0.0 (0.0–0.1) | 0.6 (0.0–1.2) | |
60–69 | 0.0 (0.0–0.0) | 0.0 (0.0–0.0) | 0.0 (0.0–0.0) | |
18–69 | 1.8 (0.7–2.8) | 1.5 (0.4–2.6) | 1.6 (0.8–2.4) | |
Always adds sugar to beverages before intake | 18–29 | 31.6 (25.3–38.0) | 24.4 (17.6–31.2) | 27.9 (21.9–33.8) |
30–44 | 27.9 (20.6–35.2) | 26.9 (20.7–33.0) | 27.4 (21.6–33.2) | |
45–59 | 30.0 (19.4–40.6) | 26.6 (20.4–32.8) | 28.3 (21.7–34.9) | |
60–69 | 23.4 (15.7–31.0) | 30.7 (21.0–40.5) | 27.1 (20.0–34.3) | |
18–69 | 29.7 (24.2–35.2) | 25.9 (20.4–31.4) | 27.7 (22.7–32.8) | |
Intake of less than 5 servings of fruits and/or vegetables daily | 18–29 | 93.1 (90.0–96.2) | 95.6 (93.9–97.3) | 94.4 (92.4–96.5) |
30–44 | 92.9 (90.2–95.6) | 94.9 (92.9–96.9) | 93.9 (92.0–95.8) | |
45–59 | 95.6 (93.3–97.9) | 93.2 (90.2–96.1) | 94.4 (92.5–96.3) | |
60–69 | 89.4 (83.2–95.7) | 91.4 (87.1–95.8) | 90.5 (86.7–94.2) | |
18–69 | 93.2 (91.1–95.3) | 94.8 (93.3–96.3) | 94.0 (92.4–95.7) | |