Table 3. Prevalence of behavioural risk factors for NCDs by gender.

	Both sexes	Males (n = 528)	Females (n = 876)	P-value for trend at (males vs females)
	% (95% CI)	% (95% CI)	% (95% CI)
Smoking
Current smokers	13.7 (11.9–15.5)	29.2 (25.3–33.1)	4.5 (3.1–5.8)	<0.001
Daily smokers	81.3 (75.8–86.9)	90.3 (85.5–95.0)	46.2 (30.2–62.1)	<0.001
Smokeless tobacco products	10.9 (9.2–12.6)	2.4 (0.9–3.8)	15.7 (13.2–18.3)	<0.001
Smokeless tobacco daily	92.4 (87.5–97.2)	90.9 (72.9–108.9)	92.5 (87.5–97.6)	0.330
Alcohol consumption
Consume last 12 months	16.3 (14.3–18.2)	28.9 (25.1–32.9)	8.6 (6.8–10.5)	<0.001
Alcohol in 30days	84.4 (78.9–89.9)	88.5 (82.5–94.4)	75.9 (64.3–87.5)	0.036
Low fruit and vegetables
<5 servings/day	88.6 (87.0–90.4)	88.8 (86.1–91.5)	88.6 (86.5–90.7)	0.91
Physical activity
Low (<600 MET-min)	66.5 (63.9–68.9)	40.7 (36.5–44.9)	70.8 (67.8–73.8)	<0.001
Moderate (600–2999 MET-min)	33.5 (31.1–36.0)	59.3 (55.1–63.5)	29.2 (26.2–32.2)	<0.001