Table 1.

Distribution of metabolic and behavioral risk factors of NCDs among women in sub-Saharan African countries; Demographic and Health Surveys, 2008–2017.

Country	Year	Sample size (n)	High blood pressure (%)	Overweight/obesity (%)	Alcohol consumption (%)	Tobacco use (%)
Benin	2012	16,599	4.3	26.0		1.0
Burkina-Faso	2010	17,087		10.8		4.0
Burundi	2016–17	17,269	1.2	9.4	47.2	4.9
Cameroon	2011	15,426		32.3		0.8
Chad	2014–15	17,719		11.3
Comoros	2012	5,329		38.4		4.3
Congo	2012	10,819		20.3		3.0
Cote d'Ivoire	2012	10,060		23.6		1.6
Democratic Republic of Congo	2013–14	18,827		14.5		4.0
Ethiopia	2016	15,683		11.7	32.9	1.4
Gabon	2012	8,422		38.6		3.0
Gambia	2013	10,233		22.6		0.3
Ghana	2014	9,396	5.2	35.6		0.5
Guinea	2012	9,142		18.9
Kenya	2014	31,079	9.4	29.4	4.1	1.1
Lesotho	2014	6,621	17.3	44.5		8.4
Liberia	2013	9,239		24.6	23.7	1.1
Madagascar	2009	17,375		6.7		9.9
Malawi	2015-16	16,592		22.6		0.7
Mali	2013	10,424		19.3		1.1
Mozambique	2011	13,537		20.4		2.3
Namibia	2013	1,018		36.4	47.3	7.4
Niger	2012	11,160		20.2		2.7
Nigeria	2013	38,948		25.3		0.4
Rwanda	2014–15	13,497		23.2		2.1
Sao Tome and Principe	2008/09	2,615		34.3		1.6
Senegal	2011	15,688		18.4		0.5
Sierra Leone	2013	16,658		19.3		7.3
Tanzania	2015–16	13,266		28.5	13.7	0.9
Togo	2013–14	9,480		28.0		0.7
Uganda	2016	18,506		22.4		2.3
Zambia	2013–14	16,411		22.1	9.4	1.4
Zimbabwe	2015	9,955		37.3	13.0	0.5