The burden of non-communicable diseases and their related risk factors in the country of Georgia, 2015

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Table 3 Overall prevalence of NCDs and NCD risk factors

	n	% (95% CI)
NCD risk factors
Obesity*	2103	33.4 (31.8, 35.0)
Current daily smoking	1707	27.1 (25.3, 28.8)
Heavy episodic drinking†	1731	27.5 (25.7, 29.2)
Elevated Blood Pressure‡	2361	37.5 (35.8, 39.3)
At least one of the above risk factors	4230	72.3 (70.7, 73.8)
At least two of the above risk factors	2188	39.3 (37.3, 41.3)
At least three of the above risk factors	613	12.2 (11.0, 13.4)
At least four of the above risk factors	114	2.3 (1.7, 3.0)
NCDs
Cardiovascular Disease	964	15.3 (14.1, 16.6)
Cancer	57	0.9 (0.6, 1.2)
Chronic Respiratory Disease	246	3.9 (3.2, 4.7)
Diabetes	340	5.4 (4.6, 6.2)
At least one of the above NCDs	1465	22.1 (20.5, 23.6)
At least two of the above NCDs	207	3.0 (2.4, 3.5)
At least three of the above NCDs	17	0.4 (0.1, 0.7)
At least four of the above NCDs	0	0

*Obesity is defined as BMI ≥30 kg/m²
†For men, heavy episodic drinking is defined as consuming 5 or more standard alcoholic drinks in a single occasion in the last 30 days
†For women, a heavy episodic drinking is defined as consuming 4 or more standard alcoholic drinks in a single occasion in the last 30 days
‡Elevated blood pressure is systolic blood pressure ≥ 140 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure ≥ 90 mmHg

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