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Table 2 Prevalence of self-reported disease by sub-county

From: The rural Uganda non-communicable disease (RUNCD) study: prevalence and risk factors of self-reported NCDs from a cross sectional survey

 

Nakaseke

Nakaseke Town Council

Kasangombe

Total

p-value

Percent of Respondents (n)

44.7% (4722)

13.3% (1401)

42.0 (4440)

10,563

 

Disease Prevalence: % (n)

 Hypertension

5.2% (243)

8.5% (118)

6.8% (298)

6.3% (659)

< 0.001

 Diabetes Mellitus

1.0% (45)

1.2% (16)

1.3% (55)

1.1% (116)

0.40

 Asthma

0.9% (40)

1.1% (15)

1.4% (61)

1.1% (116)

0.05

 COPD

0.6% (28)

0.5% (7)

1.0% (42)

0.7% (77)

0.08

 Kidney Disease

0.3% (14)

0.4% (6)

0.5% (21)

0.4% (41)

0.37

 Multimorbidity

1.5% (72)

4.3% (60)

2.8% (124)

2.4% (256)

< 0.001