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Table 2 Prevalence of behavioural risk factors associated with NCDs among adults aged 18–69 years in India by place of residence, sex, age group and region

From: Regional estimates of noncommunicable diseases associated risk factors among adults in India: results from National Noncommunicable Disease Monitoring Survey

Behavioural risk factors

Place of residence

Sex

Age group

Urban

Rural

Men

Women

18–29 Years

30–49 Years

50–69 Years

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Current tobacco use (smoke and/or smokeless variety) (in last 12 months)

 South

241 (14.7)

284 (23.6)

392 (32.5)

133 (8.1)

78 (12.6)

246 (18.8)

201 (21.8)

 West

251 (27.3)

247 (39.1)

385 (49.2)

113 (14.7)

87 (21.7)

249 (34.3)

162 (38.0)

 North

149 (21.3)

160 (24.5)

260 (44.1)

49 (6.4)

65 (17.1)

164 (26.6)

80 (22.5)

 Central

243 (28.6)

559 (40.2)

636 (60.1)

166 (14.0)

179 (26.6)

399 (38.5)

224 (42.0)

 East

225 (28.1)

506 (34.2)

558 (55.9)

173 (13.5)

139 (21.7)

365 (34.4)

227 (39.1)

 Northeast

63 (48.8)

111 (44.0)

123 (61.8)

51 (28.0)

27 (32.5)

93 (50.5)

54 (47.4)

p value

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

Current daily smoked tobacco use (in last 12 months)

 South

110 (6.7)

100 (8.3)

197 (16.3)

13 (0.8)

25 (4.1)

93 (7.1)

92 (10.0)

 West

42 (4.6)

21 (3.3)

63 (8.0)

0 (0.0)

8 (2.0)

28 (3.9)

27 (6.3)

 North

58 (8.3)

77 (11.8)

124 (21.1)

11 (1.4)

14 (3.7)

68 (11.0)

53 (14.9)

 Central

70 (8.2)

175 (12.6)

229 (21.6)

16 (1.4)

33 (4.9)

121 (11.7)

91 (17.1)

 East

66 (8.2)

114 (7.7)

173 (17.3)

7 (0.5)

32 (5.0)

78 (7.4)

70 (12.0)

 Northeast

28 (21.7)

31 (12.3)

49 (24.6)

10 (5.5)

6 (7.2)

35 (19.0)

18 (15.8)

p value

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.115

< 0.001

< 0.001

Current daily smokeless tobacco use (in last 12 months)

 South

99 (6.0)

159 (13.2)

150 (12.4)

108 (6.6)

38 (6.2)

116 (8.8)

104 (11.3)

 West

164 (17.8)

186 (29.5)

256 (32.7)

94 (12.2)

58 (14.5)

184 (25.4)

108 (25.4)

 North

77 (11.0)

72 (11.0)

119 (20.2)

30 (3.9)

38 (10.0)

84 (13.6)

27 (7.6)

 Central

153 (18.0)

384 (27.6)

405 (38.2)

132 (11.2)

129 (19.2)

268 (25.8)

140 (26.3)

 East

158 (19.7)

340 (23.0)

361 (36.2)

137 (10.7)

83 (13.0)

258 (24.3)

157 (27.0)

 Northeast

41 (31.8)

87 (34.5)

85 (42.7)

43 (23.6)

17 (20.5)

73 (39.7)

38 (33.3)

p value

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

Second-hand tobacco smoke exposure at home (in past 30 days)

 South

307 (18.7)

262 (21.8)

277 (23.0)

292 (17.8)

140 (22.7)

269 (20.5)

160 (17.4)

 West

238 (25.8)

239 (37.9)

267 (34.1)

210 (27.3)

118 (29.4)

240 (33.1)

119 (27.9)

 North

215 (30.7)

289 (44.3)

243 (41.3)

261 (34.2)

151 (39.6)

231 (37.5)

122 (34.3)

 Central

227 (26.7)

488 (35.1)

437 (41.3)

278 (23.5)

228 (33.9)

328 (31.6)

159 (29.8)

 East

298 (37.2)

460 (31.1)

360 (36.1)

398 (31.0)

202 (31.6)

359 (33.8)

197 (33.9)

 Northeast

55 (42.6)

98 (38.9)

75 (37.7)

78 (42.9)

41 (49.4)

69 (37.5)

43 (37.7)

p value

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

Current alcohol use (in last 12 months)

 South

251 (15.3)

203 (16.9)

418 (34.7)

36 (2.2)

86 (13.9)

232 (17.7)

136 (14.8)

 West

88 (9.6)

68 (10.8)

150 (19.2)

6 (0.8)

23 (5.7)

87 (12.0)

46 (10.8)

 North

86 (12.3)

68 (10.4)

150 (25.5)

4 (0.5)

30 (7.9)

86 (14.0)

38 (10.7)

 Central

133 (15.6)

200 (14.4)

326 (30.8)

7 (0.6)

95 (14.1)

176 (17.0)

62 (11.6)

 East

60 (7.5)

168 (11.3)

201 (20.1)

27 (2.1)

62 (9.7)

118 (11.1)

48 (8.3)

 Northeast

37 (28.7)

48 (19.0)

70 (35.2)

15 (8.2)

16 (19.3)

52 (28.3)

17 (14.9)

p value

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.005

Heavy episodic drinkinga

 South

98 (6.0)

70 (5.8)

167 (13.8)

1 (0.1)

24 (3.9)

100 (7.6)

44 (4.8)

 West

30 (3.3)

27 (4.3)

56 (7.2)

1 (0.1)

3 (0.7)

38 (5.2)

16 (3.8)

 North

39 (5.6)

28 (4.3)

67 (11.4)

0 (0.0)

12 (3.1)

39 (6.3)

16 (4.5)

 Central

49 (5.8)

82 (5.9)

129 (12.2)

2 (0.2)

32 (4.8)

76 (7.3)

23 (4.3)

 East

23 (2.9)

49 (3.3)

61 (6.1)

11 (0.9)

20 (3.1)

36 (3.4)

16 (2.8)

 Northeast

12 (9.3)

16 (6.3)

27 (13.6)

1 (0.5)

2 (2.4)

20 (10.9)

6 (5.3)

p value

< 0.001

0.009

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.019

< 0.001

0.488

Insufficient physical activityb

 South

808 (49.8)

449 (37.5)

422 (35.7)

835 (50.9)

262 (43.6)

546 (42.0)

449 (48.9)

 West

402 (44.6)

190 (30.9)

264 (34.8)

328 (43.3)

133 (34.3)

272 (38.2)

187 (45.0)

 North

408 (58.2)

262 (40.2)

248 (42.2)

422 (55.2)

175 (46.1)

281 (45.6)

214 (60.1)

 Central

507 (59.9)

543 (39.4)

403 (38.6)

647 (54.7)

307 (46.3)

451 (43.8)

292 (54.8)

 East

448 (56.5)

656 (44.6)

261 (26.7)

843 (65.7)

311 (49.2)

485 (46.1)

308 (53.1)

 Northeast

55 (43.7)

84 (33.3)

44 (22.3)

95 (52.5)

31 (37.8)

59 (32.4)

49 (43.0)

p value

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.001

< 0.001

  1. aHeavy episodic drinking constitutes those who reported drinking ≥6 standard drinks (equivalent to 60 g of pure alcohol or ethanol) in a single drinking occasion in the last 30 days of the interview
  2. bInsufficient physical activity constitutes those who engaged in < 150 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity per week OR < 75 minutes of vigorous-intensity physical activity per week OR an equivalent combination of moderate- and vigorous-intensity physical activity accumulating < 600 MET – minutes per week