TABLE 3.
Comparison of key statistics from MMM21 compared with previous MMM campaigns
| MMM campaign | Total participants | Mean (SD) age (years) | Percentage female : male | Percentage with hypertension | Percentage of hypertensive participants aware | Percentage of hypertensive participants on medication | Percentage of those on medication with controlled BP | Percentage of all hypertensive participants controlled |
| MMM17 | 1 201 570 | 44.9 (16.9) | 54.0% : 45.0% | 34.9% | N/A | 57.8% | 53.7% | 31.0% |
| MMM18 | 1 504 963 | 45.3 (17.0) | 52.4% : 46.7% | 33.4% | 59.5% | 55.3% | 60.0% | 33.2% |
| MMM19 | 1 508 130 | 45.8 (17.0) | 51.6% : 48.4% | 34.0% | 58.7% | 54.7% | 57.8% | 31.7% |
| MMM21 | 642 057 | 46.4 (16.5) | 52.2% : 47.8% | 35.2% | 56.8% | 50.3% | 53.9% | 27.1% |
MMM, May Measurement Month.
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Percentages for ‘Other’ and missing data not shown.