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Table 4 Prevalence (95% confidence interval) of people with hypertension, awareness, and control

From: Prevalence, awareness, and control of hypertension among Bangladeshi adults: an analysis of demographic and health survey 2017–18

Category

Hypertension

Awareness among hypertensive people

Controlled pressure people taking antihypertensive drugs

Overall

27.4 (26.5, 28.5)

42.4 (40.5, 44.4)

33.8 (30.8, 36.8)

Age (in year)

 18 to 34

12.7 (11.8, 13.8)

29.0 (25.6, 32.7)

54.0 (45.1, 62.7)

 35 to 44

28.4 (26.6, 30.3)

37.4 (33.3, 41.7)

38.3 (31.5, 45.6)

 45 to 54

38.5 (35.6, 41.4)

45.8 (41.6, 50.0)

31.7 (26.2, 37.8)

 55 to 64

46.7 (44.0, 49.5)

53.1 (49.3, 56.8)

33.3 (27.9, 39.2)

 65 or more

54.5 (51.5, 57.4)

48.3 (44.4, 52.1)

21.7 (17.5, 26.5)

Gender

 Female

28.4 (27.3, 29.6)

48.7 (46.3, 51.2)

34.7 (31.2, 38.4)

 Male

26.2 (24.8, 27.7)

33.5 (30.8, 36.2)

31.7 (27.0, 36.8)

Diabetes

 No

25.6 (24.6, 26.6)

39.6 (37.5, 41.8)

34.8 (31.4, 38.4)

 Yes

46.1 (42.7, 49.6)

57.2 (52.4, 61.9)

28.0 (22.7, 34.0)

Overweight/Obese

 No

20.6 (19.5, 21.7)

36.3 (33.8, 39)

34.6 (30.3, 39.2)

 Yes

37.1 (35.6, 38.7)

47.5 (45, 50.1)

33.4 (29.7, 37.3)

Education level

 No formal education

35.2 (33.2, 37.1)

43.2 (40.0, 46.6)

27.7 (23.3, 32.5)

 Primary

27.3 (25.7, 29.0)

43.6 (40.3, 46.9)

34.5 (29.4, 40.1)

 Secondary

23.1 (21.6, 24.7)

42.1 (38.5, 45.8)

38.3 (32.0, 44.9)

 College or above

22.5 (20.4, 24.7)

38.0 (33.8, 42.5)

42.1 (33.9, 50.8)

Wealth quintile

 Poorest

23.7 (21.9, 25.7)

32.5 (28.2, 37.1)

32.0 (24.2, 41.0)

 Poorer

25.2 (23.1, 27.3)

36.4 (32.3, 40.7)

32.8 (26.2, 40.2)

 Middle

26.7 (24.7, 28.8)

41.9 (37.7, 46.1)

31.9 (25.1, 39.5)

 Richer

28.2 (26.1, 30.5)

46.0 (42.0, 50.1)

38.0 (31.9, 44.6)

 Richest

32.9 (31.0, 34.9)

50.8 (47.0, 54.5)

33.1 (28.5, 38.0)

Place of residence

 Urban

28.5 (26.8, 30.2)

46.6 (43.3, 50.0)

36.0 (31.3, 41.0)

 Rural

27.1 (25.9, 28.3)

40.8 (38.4, 43.2)

32.7 (29.1, 36.5)

Division of residence

 Dhaka

23.6 (21.4, 25.9)

45.4 (40.5, 50.5)

32.9 (26.2, 40.5)

 Chattagram

29.8 (27.2, 32.4)

44.5 (39.5, 49.6)

41.7 (34.4, 49.4)

 Barishal

32.6 (29.5, 35.9)

44.4 (39.0, 50.0)

35.0 (26.5, 44.6)

 Khulna

29.9 (27.2, 32.7)

43.9 (38.7, 49.3)

25.4 (19.7, 32.0)

 Mymensingh

23.6 (21.2, 26.2)

42.3 (36.0, 48.8)

48.7 (39.7, 57.9)

 Rajshahi

27.5 (24.8, 30.4)

39.1 (34.0, 44.3)

22.1 (15.8, 29.9)

 Rangpur

30.5 (28.3, 32.7)

33.2 (28.6, 38.2)

27.7 (20.5, 36.3)

 Sylhet

26.1 (23.5, 29.0)

48.9 (42.4, 55.4)

38.5 (30.2, 47.5)