Table 1.
Socio-demogrpahic characteristics of the study population
| Characteristic | All N=2,153 |
Women N=855 |
Men N=1,298 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) |
| ≤24 | 449(20.9) | 200(23.4) | 249(19.2) |
| 25–34 | 757(35.2) | 270(31.6) | 487(37.5) |
| 35–44 | 351(16.3) | 144(16.8) | 207(15.9) |
| 45–54 | 409(19.0) | 186(21.8) | 409(19.0) |
| ≥55 | 187(8.7) | 55(6.4) | 132(10.2) |
| Education | |||
| ≤ High school | 630(29.3) | 353(41.3) | 277(21.3) |
| ≥ College education | 1523(70.7) | 502(58.7) | 1021(78.7) |
| Marital Status | |||
| Single | 1100(51.2) | 351(41.1) | 749(57.9) |
| Married | 909(42.3) | 415(48.7) | 494(38.2) |
| Other | 138(6.4) | 87(10.2) | 51(3.9) |
| Smoking status | |||
| Non smoker | 1862(86.5) | 848(99.2) | 1014(78.1) |
| Current smoker | 192(8.9) | 6(0.7) | 186(14.3) |
| Previous smoker | 99(4.6) | 1(0.1) | 98(7.6) |
| Alcohol consumption | |||
| Non drinker | 1181(54.9) | 616(72.0) | 565(43.5) |
| Moderate | 961(44.6) | 239(28.0) | 722(55.6) |
| Heavy | 11(0.5) | 0(0.0) | 11(0.8) |
| Khat chewing | |||
| No | 1963(91.2) | 847(99.2) | 1116(86) |
| Yes | 189(8.8) | 7(0.8) | 182(14.0) |
| Family size | |||
| 1–2 | 885(41.1) | 273(31.9) | 612(47.1) |
| 3–5 | 1005(46.7) | 462(54.0) | 543(41.8) |
| ≥6 | 263(12.2) | 120(14.0) | 143(11.0) |
| Self-reported health status | |||
| Poor/Fair | 862(40) | 377(44.1) | 485(37.4) |
| Good/Excellent | 1291(60) | 478(55.9) | 813(62.6) |