Table 3.
Prevalence of hypertension
| Author | Study population | Prevalence of hypertension | Detection | Treatment | Control | ||
| All | Men | Women | |||||
| Pobee 24 | Rural | 4.5a | |||||
| Pobee 28 | Urban community | 13 a | |||||
| Pobee 28, 51 | Urban public servants |
7.8 a | 8.9 a | 3.5 a | 24 | ||
| Amoah 26 | Rural and urban | 28.4b (16.2)a | 27.6b (14.7)a | 29.5b (17.4)a | 34 | 18 | 4 |
| Cappuccio 21 | Rural and semiurban | 28.7 | 29.9 | 28.0 | 22 | 11.3 | 2.8 |
| Cappuccio 21 | Rural | 24.1 | 16.4 | 6.9 | 1.7 | ||
| Cappuccio 21 | Semi-urban | 32.9 | 25.7 | 14.3 | 4.4 | ||
| Addo 25 | Rural | 25.4 (15.2) a | 32.3 | 12.9 | 2.1 | ||
| Agyemang 22, 27 | Rural and urban | 29.4 | 34 | 28 | 6.2 | ||
| Agyemang 22, 27 | Rural | 27.0 | 27.0 | 26.6 (34.8)d | 23.4 (29.3)d | 4.7 (7.6)d | |
| Agyemang 22, 27 | Urban | 33.4 | 28.9 | 27.2 (44.2)d | 22.8 (34.9)d | 5.1 (7.0)d | |
| Duda30 | 54.6 | 52.5 | 4.4 | ||||
| Addo23 | 37.1 (30.3)c (27.4)b |
31.7 c | 28.0 c | 54.1 | 31.3 | 12.7 | |
| Burket 52 | 32.8 | 39.4 | 30.7 | ||||
| Kunutsor | 19.3 | ||||||
a
hypertension defined by WHO criteria (160/95)
b
prevalence age-standardised to new world standard population
c
prevalence defined by readings from two visits two weeks apart
d
values in brackets are the rates for women