Table 4 Decomposition of the rural–urban gap in prevalence of undiagnosed, untreated and undertreated hypertension among older adults in India (2017–18)
Undiagnosed Hypertension | Untreated Hypertension | Undertreated Hypertension | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Urban | 0.3441 | 0.0492 | 0.2325 | |||
Rural | 0.4678 | 0.0665 | 0.161 | |||
Difference (U-R) | -0.1236 | -0.0174 | 0.0715 | |||
Coefficients | % | Coefficients | % | Coefficients | % | |
Sex | 0.0002 | -0.16 | -0.00007 | 0.4 | 0.0001 | 0.14 |
Age | 0.0012** | -0.97 | -0.00005 | 0.29 | -0.0011** | -1.54 |
Marital Status | 0.0001 | -0.08 | 0.00005 | -0.29 | -0.0002 | -0.28 |
Religion | -0.0021* | 1.7 | -0.00004 | 0.23 | 0.0014* | 1.96 |
Social Group | -0.0074*** | 5.99 | 0.00013 | -0.75 | 0.0032 | 4.48 |
Economic Status | 0.0017*** | -1.38 | 0.00022 | -1.26 | -0.0006** | -0.84 |
Education | -0.0167*** | 13.51 | -0.00011 | 0.63 | 0.0088* | 12.31 |
Work Status | -0.0069*** | 5.58 | 0.00045 | -2.59 | 0.005*** | 6.99 |
Health Insurance | 0.0002 | -0.16 | 0.00005 | -0.29 | -0.0002 | -0.28 |
Comorbidity | -0.0164*** | 13.27 | 0.00087** | -5.00 | 0.0076*** | 10.63 |
Physical Activity | -0.0018* | 1.46 | -0.00049 | 2.82 | 0.0004 | 0.56 |
Tobacco Consumption | -0.0081*** | 6.55 | -0.00039 | 2.24 | 0.007*** | 9.79 |
Body Mass Index | -0.0032** | 2.59 | 0.00006 | -0.34 | 0.0031** | 4.34 |
Region | 0.009*** | -7.28 | -0.00652*** | 37.47 | 0.0017 | 2.38 |
Explained | -0.0502 | 40.61 | -0.00584 | 33.56 | 0.0362 | 50.63 |
Unexplained | -0.0734 | 59.39 | -0.01156 | 66.44 | 0.0353 | 49.37 |