Table 2.
Vascular risk factors in the community
| Country | Hypertension (SBP>140 mmHg and DBP>90 mmHg) (2015) 18+ years (%) |
Diabetes mellitus (FBS>7.0 mmol/L or on medication) (2014) 18+ years (%) |
Hypercholesterolemia (TC>6.2 mmol/L) (2008) 25+ years (%) |
Insufficient physical activity (2010) 18+ years (%) |
Obesity (BMI>30) (2014) 18+ years (%) |
Smoking (2015) >15 years (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| South Asia | ||||||||||||
| Bangladesh | 24.5 | 24.9 | 10.3 | 9.3 | 4.4 | 5.5 | 10.2 | 43.4 | 1.8 | 4.9 | 39.8 | 0.7 |
| Bhutan | 28.5 | 27.6 | 11.9 | 11.5 | 6.0 | 6.3 | 5.7 | 11.8 | 4.2 | 8.2 | - | - |
| India | 26.6 | 24.7 | 9.1 | 8.3 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 10.8 | 16.1 | 2.3 | 5.1 | 20.4 | 1.9 |
| Nepal | 29.7 | 29.5 | 11.2 | 9.5 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 2.2 | 5.3 | 37.1 | 11.1 |
| Pakistan | 31.5 | 29.5 | 12.6 | 12.1 | 5.7 | 6.6 | 20.2 | 31.7 | 4.1 | 8.2 | 41.9 | 3.0 |
| Sri Lanka | 23.0 | 21.6 | 7.0 | 7.7 | 6.6 | 9.5 | 17.3 | 30.3 | 3.3 | 9.1 | 28.4 | 0.4 |
| East Asia | ||||||||||||
| China | 21.5 | 16.8 | 9.9 | 7.6 | 5.9 | 8.4 | 22.5 | 25.6 | 7.4 | 8.2 | 47.6 | 1.8 |
| DPR Korea | 29.3 | 27.6 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 4.2 | 6.1 | - | - | 2.0 | 3.7 | - | - |
| Japan | 22.5 | 12.6 | 8.4 | 5.0 | 15.7 | 15.8 | 31.1 | 36.5 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 33.7 | 10.6 |
| Mongolia | 32.3 | 25.6 | 12.2 | 11.2 | 7.5 | 8.3 | 19.6 | 23.2 | 14.0 | 18.4 | 47.7 | 5.3 |
| Korea | 13.8 | 8.2 | 9.3 | 6.7 | 8.6 | 10.2 | 28.9 | 37.9 | 4.6 | 6.0 | 49.8 | 4.2 |
| Taiwan6 | - | - | 11.6 | 8.0 | - | - | - | - | 19.2 | 13.4 | 35.0 | 4.1 |
| South-East Asia | ||||||||||||
| Brunei | 22.0 | 15.8 | 9.2 | 9.7 | 15.7 | 18.1 | - | - | 15.3 | 18.5 | 29.3 | 3.1 |
| Cambodia | 26.3 | 25.5 | 7.4 | 6.9 | 4.6 | 6.6 | 9.7 | 10.9 | 1.6 | 4.2 | 44.1 | 2.8 |
| Indonesia | 24.3 | 23.1 | 7.4 | 8.0 | 6.4 | 8.9 | 25.5 | 22.0 | 3.5 | 8.1 | 76.2 | 3.6 |
| Lao PDR | 24.5 | 24.9 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 5.4 | 7.8 | 4.7 | 16.0 | 2.0 | 4.8 | 56.6 | 9.1 |
| Malaysia | 25.3 | 20.8 | 11.4 | 10.7 | 13.3 | 17.4 | 46.7 | 58.0 | 11.4 | 15.9 | 43.0 | 1.4 |
| Myanmar | 24.9 | 24.2 | 6.9 | 7.9 | 5.1 | 7.5 | 8.3 | 11.6 | 2.0 | 5.5 | 31.6 | 6.4 |
| Papua New Guinea | 25.1 | 25.8 | 15.4 | 14.3 | 7.6 | 9.7 | 11.8 | 17.5 | 14.5 | 23.6 | - | - |
| Philippines | 24.1 | 21.0 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 8.2 | 12.5 | 13.1 | 18.6 | 4.1 | 17.0 | 43.0 | 8.5 |
| Singapore | 17.8 | 11.3 | 9.4 | 6.5 | 15.2 | 19.4 | 30.9 | 35.3 | 6.2 | 7.1 | 28.0 | 5.0 |
| Thailand | 24.2 | 20.3 | 8.3 | 8.8 | 14.4 | 16.7 | 12.9 | 16.7 | 5.9 | 11.4 | 41.4 | 2.3 |
| Timor Leste | 26.9 | 28.1 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 4.2 | 6.3 | - | - | 1.0 | 2.9 | - | - |
| Vietnam | 25.0 | 21.6 | 5.5 | 5.1 | 6.8 | 9.4 | 22.1 | 25.8 | 8.6 | 19.3 | 47.1 | 1.3 |
SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; FBS, fasting blood sugar; TC, total cholesterol; BMI, body mass index; M, male; F, female.