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Table 2 Awareness and source of information about CVDs

From: Public knowledge of risk factors and warning signs for cardiovascular disease among young and middle-aged adults in rural Tanzania

Knowledge about CVDs

All (N = 3000)

Men (N = 778)

Women (N = 2222)

P-value

Yes, n (%)

Yes, n (%)

Yes, n (%)

Ever heard or read about CVDs

 Yes

1971 (65.7)

526 (67.6)

1445 (65.7)

0.192

 No

1029 (34.3)

252 (32.4)

777 (35.0)

 

Source of information

 Radio

1045 (53.0)

327 (62.2)

718 (53.0)

< 0.001

 Television

164 (8.3)

64 (12.2)

100 (6.9)

< 0.001

 Newspapers

22 (1.1)

13 (2.5)

9 (0.6)

0.001

 Health care providers

558 (28.3)

100 (19.0)

458 (31.7)

< 0.001

 Relative/neighbor

1278 (64.8)

284 (54.0)

994 (68.8)

< 0.001

 Internet/social media

20 (1.0)

9 (1.7)

11 (0.8)

0.063

 Other sources

13 (0.7)

3 (0.6)

10 (0.7)

0.768