Table 4.
Age-Gender Standardized Prevalence of Hypertension
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| Unstandardized weighted total |
53.6 (47.2, 59.9) | 55.3 (51.7, 58.9) | 65.6 (64.3, 66.9) | 32.1 (31.3, 32.9) | 40.8 (38.9, 42.7) | 45.5 (43.7, 47.4) | 38.5 (36.2, 40.8) | 22.4 (20.9, 23.9) | 46.5 (43.9, 49.1) |
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| Age-gender standardized total |
49.9 (42.3, 57.4) | 54.9 (51.3, 58.4) | 52.5 (50.1, 54.8) | 32.5 (31.7, 33.3) | 42.3 (40.4, 44.2) | 45.4 (43.6, 47.2) | 39.9 (37.8, 42.1) | 19.2 (17.8, 20.5) | 44.1 (41.6, 46.6) |
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| Men | 45.5 (33.0, 58.0) | 53.4 (47.6, 59.2) | 53.6 (50.4, 56.9) | 33.5 (32.3, 34.7) | 38.2 (35.5, 40.9) | 50.9 (48.1, 53.8) | 42.2 (38.9, 45.4) | 18.2 (16.3, 20.2) | 44.5 (40.6, 48.3) |
| Women | 53.2 (44.3, 62.0) | 56.3 (52.0, 60.6) | 49.8 (46.4, 53.2) | 31.8 (30.7, 32.9) | 46.8 (44.0, 49.6) | 39.9 (37.8, 42.0) | 37.7 (34.9, 40.4) | 20.2 (18.3, 22.0) | 43.7 (40.6, 46.7) |
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| 35-44 | 35.0 (18.9, 51.1) | 36.5 (30.4, 42.6) | 38.2 (32.9, 43.5) | 21.7 (20.5, 22.8) | 27.4 (24.6, 30.1) | 28.5 (25.1, 31.9) | 21.9 (18.1, 25.6) | 9.2 (7.1, 11.3) | 22.2 (17.8, 26.7) |
| 45-54 | 62.0 (49.0, 75.0) | 61.2 (54.8, 67.5) | 48.6 (44.3, 52.8) | 32.6 (31.1, 34.1) | 42.8 (39.3, 46.3) | 43.3 (40.0, 46.6) | 37.6 (33.4, 41.7) | 16.4 (13.9, 19.0) | 43.2 (38.3, 48.2) |
| 55-64 | 53.7 (41.7, 65.7) | 69.5 (61.9, 77.1) | 66.6 (64.6, 68.6) | 42.5 (40.5, 44.4) | 57.7 (53.1, 62.2) | 60.3 (57.2, 63.3) | 56.1 (51.7, 60.5) | 26.6 (23.6, 29.6) | 63.3 (58.8, 67.9) |
| 65-74 | 54.2 (42.6, 65.8) | 69.4 (58.8, 80.0) | 73.8 (71.7, 75.9) | 48.6 (46.1, 51.0) | 61.0 (54.0, 67.9) | 74.8 (71.2, 78.4) | 71.3 (67.1, 75.5) | 42.6 (38.5, 46.8) | 78.0 (73.7, 82.2) |
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| None | (**) | 62.6 (51.8, 73.3) | 51.4 (40.7, 62.0) | 27.1 (25.6, 28.6) | 39.1 (35.6, 42.7) | 44.0 (25.9, 62.0) | 64.8 (31.8, 97.7) | 20.6 (6.0, 35.3) | 59.8 (45.1, 74.4) |
| Any School | 49.9 (42.3, 57.4) | 53.8 (49.9, 57.6) | 51.9 (49.5, 54.3) | 33.2 (32.1, 34.3) | 43.4 (40.8, 46.1) | 47.0 (44.9, 49.0) | 41.6 (38.8, 44.4) | 19.5 (17.9, 21.1) | 45.3 (42.6, 48.0) |
| University/Higher | (**) | (**) | 57.7 (38.1, 77.3) | 43.0 (40.1, 45.9) | 39.4 (33.7, 45.1) | 41.1 (37.5, 44.8) | 36.0 (32.4, 39.5) | 18.0 (1.0, 21.1) | 33.5 (26.9, 40.1) |
Values are percentage (95% confidence interval). (**) Not applicable.