Table 1.
Sample characteristics of Hypertension by demographic and socioeconomic variables in India
| Variables | Awareness | Treatment | Control | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample size (N) | % | Sample size (N) | % | Sample size (N) | % | |
| Demographic Variables | ||||||
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 68358 | 5.75 | 31638 | 2.77 | 169930 | 14 |
| Female | 10878 | 5.92 | 4903 | 2.68 | 24391 | 12.81 |
| Place of Residence | ||||||
| Urban | 23366 | 6.38 | 11837 | 3.43 | 23366 | 6.38 |
| Rural | 55872 | 5.49 | 24706 | 2..44 | 55872 | 5.49 |
| Age | ||||||
| Less than 15 | 8594 | 3.63 | 1951 | 0.86 | 8594 | 3.63 |
| 20–24 | 13176 | 6.05 | 2384 | 1.13 | 13176 | 6.05 |
| 25–29 | 18881 | 8.58 | 2859 | 1.3 | 18881 | 8.58 |
| 30–34 | 24343 | 12.72 | 3396 | 1.8 | 24343 | 12.72 |
| 35–39 | 31465 | 17.08 | 4859 | 2.65 | 31465 | 17.08 |
| 40–44 | 34691 | 22.91 | 6598 | 4.68 | 34691 | 22.91 |
| 45–49 | 43100 | 27.8 | 9910 | 6.95 | 43100 | 27.8 |
| Above 50 | 20076 | 33.5 | 4586 | 8.34 | 20076 | 33.5 |
| Socio-economic variables | ||||||
| Caste | ||||||
| Schedule caste | 15861 | 5.6 | 6541 | 2.44 | 37543 | 13.48 |
| Scheduled tribe | 12528 | 3.7 | 5937 | 1.88 | 39942 | 13.77 |
| Other backward class | 29013 | 5.95 | 13053 | 2.7 | 70011 | 13.79 |
| None of them | 17948 | 6.7 | 8598 | 3.41 | 38368 | 14.76 |
| Religion | ||||||
| Hindu | 56271 | 5.6 | 25765 | 2.63 | 144993 | 13.84 |
| Muslim | 10233 | 6.05 | 5404 | 3.22 | 19601 | 12.56 |
| Christian | 6172 | 6.53 | 3117 | 3.99 | 15849 | 16.13 |
| Others | 6562 | 8.96 | 2257 | 3.18 | 13883 | 18.79 |
| Education | ||||||
| No Education | 15870 | 7.19 | 7202 | 3.27 | 40227 | 29.15 |
| Primary | 10783 | 6.45 | 5220 | 3.26 | 28555 | 16.56 |
| Secondary | 40293 | 5.24 | 18862 | 2.56 | 98208 | 12.7 |
| Higher | 12261 | 5.57 | 5240 | 2.52 | 27250 | 12.42 |
| Wealth Index | ||||||
| Poorest | 11777 | 4.51 | 5100 | 1.9 | 34095 | 11.38 |
| Poorer | 15493 | 5.08 | 6612 | 2.15 | 39284 | 12.21 |
| Middle | 16710 | 5.62 | 7636 | 2.62 | 41528 | 13.81 |
| Richer | 17475 | 6.21 | 8471 | 3.21 | 41045 | 15.2 |
| Richest | 17783 | 7.35 | 8724 | 3.86 | 38375 | 16.4 |
| Marital Status | ||||||
| Never Married | 8291 | 1.93 | 4213 | 0.99 | 26648 | 6.2 |
| Married | 67506 | 7.28 | 30476 | 342 | 159248 | 16.78 |
| Widowed | 2638 | 9.74 | 1452 | 5.81 | 6239 | 23.31 |
| Divorced | 330 | 6.04 | 150 | 3.11 | 842 | 16.82 |
| Other variables | ||||||
| Smoke or Tobacco | ||||||
| No | 60311 | 5.76 | 27461 | 2.73 | 133551 | 13 |
| Yes | 18889 | 5.82 | 9066 | 2.87 | 60644 | 19.06 |
| Drinking Alcohol | ||||||
| No | 68387 | 5.72 | 31344 | 6.72 | 154622 | 12.79 |
| Yes | 10804 | 6.29 | 5179 | 3.25 | 39533 | 23.85 |
| Health Insurance | ||||||
| No | 46330 | 5.91 | 19921 | 2.63 | 107580 | 13.6 |
| Yes | 32480 | 5.58 | 16444 | 2.93 | 85842 | 14.18 |
| Region | ||||||
| North | 18903 | 6.74 | 7453 | 2.54 | 38393 | 14.21 |
| Central | 16227 | 5.70 | 5456 | 1.76 | 45110 | 13.82 |
| East | 13556 | 6.48 | 5439 | 2.98 | 25494 | 11.54 |
| North East | 13398 | 6.21 | 6891 | 4.00 | 31995 | 13.34 |
| West | 4724 | 3.38 | 3512 | 2.54 | 18277 | 13.24 |
| South | 12430 | 6.10 | 7792 | 3.75 | 35057 | 16.64 |
| Total | 79238 | 5.78 | 34352 | 2.71 | 194326 | 13.84 |
Source: NFHS-5, 2019–21