Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of hypertensive patients in primary healthcare centers in Riyadh, 2001.

Characteristic		N	%
Age (n = 254) (years)	<65	185	72.8
	>65	69	27.2
Sex (n = 255)	Male	121	47.5
	Female	134	52.5
Nationality (n=255)	Saudi	206	80.8
	Non-Saudi	49	19.2
Occupational Status (n = 254)	Professional	37	14.6
	Technical	13	5.1
	Manual	5	2.0
	Retired	47	18.5
	Housewife	114	44.9
	Others	38	18.4
Educational level (n = 245)	Illiterate	128	52.2
	Primary	45	18.4
	Intermediate	25	10.2
	Secondary	27	11.0
	University	20	8.2