Table 1.

Descriptive statistics according to the age-adjusted prevalence of hypertension, undiagnosed hypertension, and untreated hypertension among individuals aged 18 years or older: 2017–2018, Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey.

MEASURES	%1	AGE-ADJUSTED PREVALENCE (%)
		HYPERTENSION (n = 11,776)	UNDIAGNOSED HYPERTENSION (n = 3,383)	UNTREATED HYPERTENSION (n = 1,479)
Age, yrs
18–34	43.8	13	70.9	24.4
35–39	11.8	27.6	68	12.3
40–44	8.9	30.7	55.8	15.6
45–49	8.5	37.2	53.9	7.2
50–54	5.7	41.2	53.5	13.1
55–59	5.8	45.1	46.7	7.5
60–64	5.8	49.8	45.7	7.3
65+	9.6	55.4	51.8	11
Currently married
No	19.5	25	62.1	11.5
Yes	80.5	24.7	56.9	12.5
Currently working
No	37.9	28.6	50.2	10.4
Yes	62.1	23.4	62.5	14.2
BMI
Underweight	17.6	13.3	70.6	15.2
Normal	58.4	22.2	60.6	11.7
Overweight/obese	24.1	40.4	47.5	12.4
Education
No education	26	23.3	60.8	65.4
Primary	30.1	24.3	54.8	61.6
Secondary	29	27.8	55.6	60
Higher	14.9	29.6	55.6	61.3
Gender
Female	56.2	27.8	50.1	11.4
Male	43.8	22.3	67.4	14.1
Living in a patriarchal family
No	11.9	27.7	54.4	10.6
Yes	88.1	24.8	57.6	12.5
No. of adult member
1–2	36.3	25.6	60	14.2
3	25	25.6	58.3	9.4
4+	38.7	24.6	54.5	12.7
No. of household member
1–4	43.6	25.8	59.1	13.4
5	19.3	25.7	55.6	8.7
6+	37.1	24.1	55.6	12.9
Place of residence
Rural	73.5	24.3	59.1	13.4
Urban	26.5	27.6	51.7	9.7
Division
Barisal	5.6	27.6	56.7	12.1
Chittagong	17.2	28.5	52.6	7.9
Dhaka	22.3	22.6	54.2	7.7
Khulna	12.6	25.7	56.5	15.6
Mymensingh	8.2	20	58.1	8.1
Rajshahi	14.7	25.1	59.9	21.3
Rangpur	12.8	27.4	66.9	20.9
Sylhet	6.6	23.9	49.7	5.3
SES
Nonpoor	60.6.	27.4	52.6	11
Poor	39.4	21.7	66.3	15.5
Prevalence		25.1	57.2	12.3

Note:¹ Weighted percentage was presented.