Table 2 Hypertension status by socio-demographic factors among women aged 15–49 years in Lesotho, 2014
Characteristics | Normal Blood pressure (systolic < = 120–129 and diastolic < = 80- 84) | Prehypertension (systolic 130–139 and/or diastolic 85–89) | Hypertension (systolic ≥ 140–159 and/or diastolic ≥ 90–99) | Total | Pearson’s Chi square |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age group | |||||
15–19 | 556 (70.83) | 161 (20.51) | 68 (8.66) | 785 | < 0.000 |
20–24 | 421 (68.01) | 125 (20.19) | 73 (11.79) | 619 | |
25–29 | 335 (62.92) | 122 (22.93) | 75 (14.10) | 532 | |
30–34 | 239 (52.07) | 128 (27.89) | 92 (20.04) | 459 | |
35–39 | 168 (46.80) | 86 (23.96) | 105 (29.29) | 359 | |
40–44 | 129 (44.64) | 52 (17.99) | 108 (37.31) | 289 | |
45–49 | 72 (28.92) | 67 (26.91) | 110 (44.18) | 249 | |
Place of residence | |||||
Urban | 647 (59.80) | 231 (21.35) | 204 (18.85) | 1082 | 0.439 |
Rural | 1273 (57.60) | 510 (23.08) | 427 (19.32) | 2210 | |
Region/district | |||||
Botha-bothe | 144 (27.30) | 80 (27.30) | 69 (23.55) | 293 | < 0.001 |
Leribe | 241 (61.95) | 91 (23.39) | 57 (14.65) | 389 | |
Berea | 233 (61.97) | 74 (19.68) | 69 (18.35) | 376 | |
Maseru | 265 (58.50) | 89 (19.65) | 99 (21.85) | 453 | |
Mafeteng | 167 (55.12) | 67 (22.11) | 69 (22.77) | 303 | |
Mohale's hoek | 194 (60.82) | 72 (22.57) | 53 (16.66) | 319 | |
Quthing | 137 (50.00) | 68 (24.82) | 69 (25.18) | 274 | |
Qacha's-nek | 165 (60.00) | 56 (20.36) | 54 (19.68) | 275 | |
Mokhotlong | 191 (61.22) | 73 (23.40) | 43 (15.38) | 312 | |
Thaba tseka | 183 (61.41) | 71 (23.83) | 44 (14.77) | 298 | |
Marital Status | |||||
Single | 724 (66.85) | 231 (21.33) | 128 (11.82) | 1083 | < 0.000 |
Married | 953 (54.21) | 417 (23.72) | 388 (22.07) | 1758 | |
Living with partner | 18 (54.55) | 5 (15.15) | 10 (30.30) | 33 | |
Widowed | 133 (52.57) | 46 (18.18) | 74 (29.25) | 253 | |
Divorced | 28 (57.14) | 11 (22.45) | 10 (20.41) | 49 | |
No longer living together/separated | 64 (55.17) | 31 (26.72) | 21 (18.10) | 116 | |
Level of education | |||||
No education | 23 (56.10) | 9 (21.95) | 9 (21.95) | 41 | 0.030 |
Primary | 748 (55.86) | 313 (23.38) | 278 (20.86) | 1339 | |
Secondary | 1012 (61.00) | 364 (21.94) | 283 (17.06) | 1659 | |
Higher | 137 (54.15) | 55 (21.74) | 61 (24.11) | 253 | |
Religion | |||||
Roman catholic church | 717 (56.15) | 297 (23.26) | 263 (20.60) | 1277 | < 0.001 |
Lesotho evangelical church | 331 (57.57) | 126 (21.91) | 118 (20.52) | 575 | |
Methodist | 29 (49.15) | 15 (25.42) | 15 (25.42) | 59 | |
Anglican church | 99 (49.01) | 53 (26.42) | 50 (24.75) | 202 | |
Seventh day Adventist | 17 (80.95) | 2 (9.52) | 2 (9.52) | 21 | |
Pentecostal | 528 (62.93) | 184 (21.93) | 127 (15.14) | 839 | |
Other Christian | 157 (62.30) | 52 (20.63) | 43 (17.06) | 252 | |
Islam | 0 (0.00) | 1 (33.33) | 2 (66.67) | 3 | |
No religion | 16 (51.61) | 7 (22.58) | 8 (25.81) | 31 | |
Other | 26 (78.79) | 4 (12.12) | 3 (9.09) | 33 | |
Occupation | |||||
Professional/technical/managerial | 73 (50.34) | 29 (20.00) | 43 (31.88) | 148 | 0.017 |
Clerical | 34 (49.28) | 13 (18.84) | 22 (25.96) | 69 | |
Sales | 111 (47.23) | 61 (25.96) | 63 (26.81) | 235 | |
Agricultural—self-employed | 75 (51.02) | 38 (25.85) | 34 (23.13) | 147 | |
Agricultural—employee | 13 (72.22) | 2 (11.11) | 3 (16.67) | 18 | |
Household and domestic | 144 (62.61) | 51 (22.17) | 35 (15.22) | 230 | |
Services | 85 (54.84) | 41 (26.45) | 29 (18.71) | 155 | |
Skilled manual | 62 (45.93) | 42 (31.11) | 31 (22.96) | 135 | |
Unskilled manual | 90 (52.63) | 46 (26.90) | 35 (20.47) | 171 | |
Don't know | 47 (58.02) | 14 (17.28) | 20 (24.69) | 81 | |
Total | 1920 (58.32) | 741 (22.51) | 323 (19.17) | 3353 (100) | |