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Table 1 Characteristics of study population

From: High prevalence of hypertension and of risk factors for non-communicable diseases (NCDs): a population based cross-sectional survey of NCDS and HIV infection in Northwestern Tanzania and Southern Uganda

Tanzania - Total respondents

Mwanza municipality (number = 175)

District towns (number = 344)

Rural (number = 576)

 

Weighted % (95 % CI)a

Unweighted Nb

Weighted % (95 % CI)a

Unweighted Nb

Weighted % (95 % CI)a

Unweighted Nb

Sex

      

 Male

44.3 % (35.6–53.4)

77

44.6 % (37.9–51.6)

153

48.2 % (44.1–52.3)

275

 Female

55.7 % (46.6–64.4)

98

55.4 % (48.4–62.1)

191

51.8 % (47.7–55.9)

301

Age (years)

      

 18–24

30.2 % (21.4-40.6)

53

31.6 % (28.4-35.1)

110

26.1 % (21.7-31.0)

145

 25–34

32.2 % (19.9-47.6)

57

38.4 % (31.2-46.2)

130

26.9 % (22.5-31.9)

156

 35–44

15.8 % (9.5 -25.0)

29

15.2 % (11.4-19.9)

52

15.9 % (13.1-19.2)

93

 ≥45

21.8 % (16.1-29.0)

36

14.8 % (9.8 -21.6)

52

31.1 % (26.8-35.7)

182

Marital status

      

 Married/living as married

55.6 % (45.5–65.3)

98

60.6 % (54.1–66.7)

205

70.5 % (67.1–73.8)

410

 Divorced/separated/widowed

16.4 % (11.8–22.3)

27

12.6 % (7.9–19.6)

46

17.3 % (13.1–22.5)

96

 Single

28.0 % (20.6–36.8)

50

26.8 % (21.3–33.2)

93

12.2 % (9.3–15.7)

70

Education

      

 None/incomplete primary

21.1 % (14.6–29.6)

34

20.5 % (15.3–27.0)

72

49.2 % (41.7–56.7)

276

 Completed primary

48.5 % (43.7–53.4)

85

49.9 % (44.6–55.2)

170

42.9 % (37.4–48.6)

254

 Secondary

27.0 % (20.5–34.7)

51

24.7 % (18.4–32.2)

85

7.5 % (5.0–11.3)

44

 Above secondary

3.4 % (1.2–9.0 )

5

4.9 % (2.7–8.6 )

17

0.4 % (0.1–1.5 )

2

Monthly income (USD)c

      

 Weighted median (IQR)

38 USD (19–114)

 

57 USD (25–127)

 

19 USD (10–38)

 

Uganda - Total respondents

Entebbe municipality (number = 206)

District towns (number = 278)

Rural (number = 432)

Sex

      

 Male

38.3 % (33.6–43.3)

79

41.0 % (34.4–48.1)

108

42.5 % (37.3–47.9)

188

 Female

61.7 % (56.7–66.4)

127

59.0 % (51.9–65.6)

170

57.5 % (52.1–62.7)

244

Age (years)

      

 18–24

30.1 % (23.1-38.1)

62

37.6 % (29.4-46.6)

94

25.8 % (20.3-32.2)

105

 25–34

35.4 % (29.4-41.9)

73

32.2 % (25.9-39.1)

87

22.4 % (17.5-28.3)

95

 35–44

15.5 % (12.3-19.4)

32

11.5 % (7.0 -18.4)

45

17.6 % (14.4-21.2)

78

 ≥45

18.9 % (16.5-21.7)

39

18.7 % (15.2-22.8)

52

34.2 % (27.0-42.3)

154

Marital status

      

 Married/living as married

44.7 % (34.7–55.0)

92

52.7 % (44.7–60.6)

157

54.8 % (47.0–62.4)

245

 Divorced/separated/widowed

17.0 % (11.7–24.1)

35

16.1 % (10.3–24.5)

45

23.0 % (18.7–27.9)

102

 Single

38.3 % (29.6–47.9)

79

31.2 % (25.2–37.9)

76

22.2 % (16.3–29.5)

85

Education

      

 None/incomplete primary

17.5 % (9.7–29.4)

36

22.2 % (18.4–26.4)

67

42.3 % (32.5–52.8)

198

 Completed primary

12.6 % (7.4–20.8)

26

11.7 % (6.3–20.6)

34

18.5 % (15.4–22.0)

83

 Secondary

56.3 % (49.5–62.9)

116

52.8 % (45.0–60.5)

145

32.1 % (26.3–38.5)

125

 Above secondary

13.6 % (8.6–20.9)

28

13.3 % (8.4–20.5)

32

7.1 % (3.8–12.9)

26

Monthly income (USD)d

      

 Weighted median (IQR)

43 USD (0–109)

 

40 USD (0–121)

 

20 USD (0–60)

 
  1. aWeighted estimates, adjusted for survey design with sampling weights applied. See Additional file 1 on sampling methods for more details; bactual number of respondents, without sampling weights applied; cdata missing for 3 participants from Mwanza municipality, 20 from district towns and for 39 rural participants; dMissing for 1 participant from Entebbe municipality and 2 rural participants. CI, confidence interval; IQR, interquartile range