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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)