Table 1 Weighted percentage of high blood pressure, anemia and body mass index by countries in sub-Saharan Africa
Country | Survey year | Number of women (n) | High blood pressure (%) | Anemia (%) | Body mass index | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Underweight (%) | Overweight (%) | Obese (%) | |||||
Benin | 2012 | 16,599 | 4.4 | 41.4 | 6.0 | 20.3 | 7.2 |
Burkina-Faso | 2010 | 17,087 | Â | 48.8 | 14.8 | 8.2 | 2.9 |
Burundi | 2016–17 | 17,269 | 1.0 | 39.3 | 17.7 | 6.6 | 1.8 |
Cameroon | 2011 | 15,426 | Â | 39.5 | 6.7 | 22.1 | 10.6 |
Chad | 2014–15 | 17,719 |  |  | 18.0 | 9.6 | 2.3 |
Comoros | 2012 | 5329 | Â | Â | 6.6 | 25.4 | 12.3 |
Congo | 2012 | 10,819 | Â | 54.2 | 13.6 | 17.6 | 8.5 |
Cote d’Ivoire | 2012 | 10,060 |  | 53.7 | 7.1 | 19.3 | 6.6 |
Democratic Republic of Congo | 2013–14 | 18,827 |  | 38.4 | 13.2 | 13.0 | 3.3 |
Ethiopia | 2016 | 15,683 | Â | 23.6 | 21.1 | 6.3 | 1.5 |
Gabon | 2012 | 8422 | Â | 60.6 | 6.7 | 26.1 | 18.9 |
Gambia | 2013 | 10,233 | Â | 59.0 | 15.7 | 16.1 | 7.3 |
Ghana | 2014 | 9396 | 5.2 | 42.4 | 5.9 | 25.1 | 15.6 |
Guinea | 2012 | 9142 | Â | 49.1 | 11.5 | 14.9 | 4.6 |
Kenya | 2014 | 31,079 | 9.4 | Â | 8.6 | 22.7 | 10.1 |
Lesotho | 2014 | 6621 | 17.3 | 27.3 | 4.1 | 25.5 | 19.9 |
Liberia | 2013 | 9239 | Â | Â | 7.0 | 18.6 | 8.2 |
Madagascar | 2009 | 17,375 | Â | 35.3 | 25.5 | 5.2 | 1.1 |
Malawi | 2015–16 | 16,592 |  | 32.7 | 6.7 | 16.1 | 5.4 |
Mali | 2013 | 10,424 | Â | 51.4 | 10.8 | 12.6 | 5.0 |
Mozambique | 2011 | 13,537 | Â | 54.0 | 7.9 | 12.7 | 4.0 |
Namibia | 2013 | 1018 | Â | 20.7 | 13.1 | 19.0 | 13.0 |
Niger | 2012 | 11,160 | Â | 45.8 | 13.9 | 13.5 | 3.7 |
Nigeria | 2013 | 38,948 | Â | Â | 10.6 | 17.6 | 7.6 |
Rwanda | 2014–15 | 13,497 |  | 19.2 | 6.1 | 18.4 | 3.9 |
Sao Tome & Principe | 2009 | 2615 | Â | 43.1 | 7.2 | 23.2 | 11.8 |
Senegal | 2011 | 15,688 | Â | 54.3 | 20.8 | 15.4 | 5.8 |
Sierra Leone | 2013 | 16,658 | Â | 44.8 | 8.6 | 13.9 | 4.9 |
Tanzania | 2015–16 | 13,266 |  | 44.8 | 8.7 | 18.9 | 9.9 |
Togo | 2013–14 | 9480 |  | 48.1 | 6.5 | 20.3 | 11.1 |
Uganda | 2016 | 18,506 | Â | 31.7 | 8.1 | 17.2 | 7.2 |
Zambia | 2013–14 | 16,411 |  |  | 9.6 | 16.6 | 6.7 |
Zimbabwe | 2015 | 9955 | Â | 26.8 | 5.8 | 23.4 | 12.5 |