Table 3.
Study participants’ self-reported diagnoses of non-communicable diseases and risk factors by iHDSS. Values are numbers and percentages (95% CI)
| Diseases | Overall | West Hiri | Asaro | Karkar Island | p Value* | ||||||||
| N | n | % (95% CI) | N | n | % (95% CI) | N | n | % (95% CI) | N | n | % (95% CI) | ||
| Stroke | 769 | 3 | 0.4 (0 to 1) | 266 | 3 | 1 (0 to 3) | 253 | 0 | 0 (0 to 1) | 250 | 0 | 0 (0 to 1) | 0.111 |
| Heart disease | 767 | 4 | 1 (0 to 1) | 265 | 4 | 2 (0 to 4) | 252 | 0 | 0 (0 to 1) | 250 | 0 | 0 (0 to 1) | 0.037 |
| Diabetes mellitus T2 | 771 | 5 | 1 (0 to 2) | 266 | 5 | 2 (1 to 4) | 254 | 0 | 0 (0 to 1) | 251 | 0 | 0 (0 to 1) | 0.012 |
| Chronic lung disease/asthma | 772 | 16 | 2 (1 to 3) | 266 | 10 | 4 (2 to 7) | 254 | 4 | 2 (0 to 4) | 252 | 2 | 1 (0 to 3) | 0.065 |
| Hypercholesterolaemia | 769 | 1 | 0.1 (0 to 1) | 264 | 1 | 0.4 (0, 2.) | 254 | 0 | 0 (0 to 1) | 251 | 0 | 0 (0 to 1) | 1.00 |
| Hypertension | 767 | 26 | 3 (2 to 5) | 266 | 20 | 8 (5 to 11) | 250 | 5 | 2 (1 to 5) | 251 | 1 | 0.4 (0 to 2) | <0.001 |
| Cancer | 771 | 2 | 0.3 (0 to 1) | 266 | 1 | 0.4 (0 to 2) | 254 | 0 | 0 (0 to 1) | 251 | 1 | 0.4 (1 to 2) | 0.772 |
*p Value obtained by performing Fisher’s exact test.
iHDSS, integrated Health and Demographic Surveillance Sites.