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. 2023 May 23;23:525. doi: 10.1186/s12913-023-09542-0

Table 4.

Access to hypertension and diabetes screening for individuals above 30 years age and results of screening during the survey (n = 755)

Hypertension Diabetes
Blood pressure never measured before Screening showed high blood pressure Had been earlier diagnosed as hypertensive Medicine being taken for hypertension Blood glucose never measured before Screening showed high blood sugar Diagnosed as diabetes by a healthcare provider before Medicine being taken for diabetes
Total 47.42 39.89 11.39 9.27 72.17 9.22 6.55 5.05
Rural-Urban divide
Rural 59.10 37.72 6.42 5.57 73.86 6.39 4.58 3.70
Urban 28.47 43.40 19.44 15.28 69.34 13.92 9.85 7.30
Sex
Male 50.00 41.67 10.71 8.93 73.39 6.79 5.50 3.98
Female 45.35 38.46 11.93 9.55 71.18 11.17 7.39 5.91
Age group
30–44 51.53 27.47 3.99 2.45 77.46 5.10 1.90 1.59
45–59 46.07 44.74 14.61 13.11 69.38 12.20 9.30 7.36
60+ 41.36 56.79 20.99 16.67 66.25 12.58 11.25 8.13
Social groups
Scheduled Tribe (ST) 59.92 38.17 6.20 4.96 80.83 5.91 3.33 2.92
Schedule Caste (SC) 42.57 38.00 13.86 10.89 71.58 10.87 8.42 6.32
Other backward caste (OBC) 44.19 39.94 12.79 10.17 65.97 10.75 7.76 5.97
Others/ General (GEN) 26.47 48.53 19.12 17.65 73.02 11.11 9.52 6.35
Education
Illiterate 59.31 42.79 10.82 8.66 75.88 10.22 7.46 6.14
Up to primary 50.40 40.73 11.69 10.08 76.76 9.62 7.05 5.39
Up to secondary 40.00 33.51 9.19 7.57 68.72 8.99 5.59 3.91
Above secondary 24.18 43.33 16.48 12.09 56.47 5.88 4.71 3.53
Occupation
Own Agriculture 69.72 42.96 8.45 7.04 75.00 3.60 3.57 2.14
Daily wages labour 49.88 36.79 8.64 6.67 79.54 8.76 5.63 4.86
Self employed 39.77 40.00 9.09 6.82 66.67 12.20 8.33 5.95
Government Employee 16.00 52.00 36.00 24.00 54.17 8.33 4.17 4.17
Retired govt. employee 17.65 64.71 17.65 17.65 23.53 29.41 29.41 17.65
Private sector employee 15.87 39.68 22.22 22.22 51.61 12.90 9.68 6.45
Coal Industry Employee 33.33 46.67 33.33 26.67 53.33 20.00 13.33 13.33
Wealth Index- Rural
Poorest 73.04 42.61 5.22 4.35 84.21 3.57 0.88 0.88
Poor 78.35 31.25 3.09 2.06 93.75 4.21 2.08 0.00
Middle 56.12 32.65 5.10 4.08 68.75 4.26 3.13 2.08
Rich 56.52 42.03 4.35 4.35 60.29 8.82 7.35 7.35
Richest 25.00 40.70 14.77 13.64 54.12 12.94 11.76 9.41
Wealth Index-Urban
Poorest 46.55 44.83 15.52 15.52 89.09 9.09 9.09 5.45
Poor 27.87 27.87 13.11 6.56 70.49 13.11 3.28 3.28
Middle 34.55 49.09 14.55 12.73 65.38 21.15 15.38 13.46
Rich 25.45 43.64 27.27 18.18 52.73 12.73 9.09 5.45
Richest 8.47 52.54 27.12 23.73 68.63 14.00 13.73 9.80