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. 2012 Aug;22(Spec Iss):7–18.

Table 4.

Reported prevalence of CNCDs by age, residence and sex, GGFRC, Sept 2008–Jan 2009.

Variable Participant Prevalence 95% CI

Overall Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases
Male 2093 7.7 6.6 8.9
Female 2267 9.9 8.7 11.2
Urban 1082 16.4 14.2 18.7
Rural 3278 6.4 5.6 7.3
Total 4364 8.9 8.0 9.8
Total - Told to have
DM 4364 0.5 0.3 0.8
HPN 4356 2.6 2.2 3.2
Cardiac 4339 3.0 2.5 3.5
Asthma 4331 1.5 1.1 1.9
Epilepsy 4333 0.5 0.3 0.8
Depression 4235 1.7 1.4 2.2
Male - Told to have
DM 2093 0.7 0.4 1.1
HPN 2089 2.2 1.6 2.9
Cardiac 2079 1.7 1.2 2.3
Asthma 2077 1.5 1.0 2.1
Epilepsy 2077 0.6 0.3 1.0
Depression 2033 1.6 1.1 2.2
Female - Told to have
DM 2267 0.4 0.2 0.8
HPN 2263 3.1 2.4 3.9
Cardiac 2256 4.2 3.4 5.1
Asthma 2250 1.5 1.0 2.1
Epilepsy 2252 0.5 0.2 0.9
Depression 2198 1.9 1.3 2.5
Urban - Told to have
DM 1082 1.1 0.6 1.9
HPN 1081 5.8 4.5 7.4
Cardiac 1077 5.7 4.4 7.2
Asthma 1079 3.2 2.3 4.5
Epilepsy 1079 0.7 0.3 1.5
Depression 1046 2.4 1.6 3.5
Rural - Told to have
DM 3278 0.3 0.2 0.6
HPN 3271 1.6 1.2 2.1
Cardiac 3258 2.1 1.6 2.6
Asthma 3248 0.9 0.6 1.3
Epilepsy 3250 0.5 0.3 0.8
Depression 3185 1.5 1.1 2.0