Table 2. Population attributable risk fractions by wealth category- Using published relative risk estimates.
Risk factors | Relative Risk* | Prevalence of risk factor | Population Attributable Fractions | ||||
Poorest | Middle | Richest | Poorest | Middle | Richest | ||
Smoking cigarettes | 2.0 | 19.0% | 11.0% | 6.0% | 16.0% | 9.9% | 5.7% |
Indoor Air Pollution | 1.4 | 99.9% | 82.0% | 15.0% | 28.5% | 24.7% | 5.7% |
Low BMI | 2.1 | 49.0% | 35.0% | 24.0% | 34.2% | 27.1% | 20.3% |
Alcohol use (daily) | 2.9 | 2.0% | 1.0% | 0.7% | 3.7% | 1.9% | 1.3% |
Diabetes Mellitus** | 3.1 | 0.6% | 1.0% | 2.0% | 1.3% | 2.1% | 4.0% |
HIV Seroprevalence | 26.7 | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.2% | 8.7% | 10.4% | 5.6% |
Reference for published estimate of each risk factor provided in Table 1.
Estimates from other sources suggests that self reported prevalence of diabetes is underreported in population (see text for more detail).