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. 2019 Jul 22;19:972. doi: 10.1186/s12889-019-7320-1

Table 1.

Risk factors for non-communicable disease according to demographics, N = 3,793

Variables Total sample n (%) Unhealthy diet n (%) Physical inactivity n (%) Tobacco use n (%) Excessive alcohol n (%) Suicide attempt n (%)
3,793 3054 (80.5) 1044 (27.5) 311 (8.2) 138 (3.6) 427 (11.3)
Gender
 Male 1825 (48.1) 1445 (79.2) 443 (24.3) 159 (8.7) 75 (4.1) 194 (10.6)
 Female 1968 (51.9) 1609 (81.8) 601 (30.5) 152 (7.7) 63 (3.2) 233 (11.8)
P value 0.004 < 0.001 0.29 0.14 0.26
Age (yrs)
 ≤ 12 674 (17.8) 578 (85.8) 207 (30.7) 96 (14.2) 42 (6.2) 109 (16.2)
 13–17 2988 (78.8) 2373 (79.4) 805 (26.9) 210 (7.0) 88 (2.9) 305 (10.2)
 ≥ 18 131 (3.4) 103 (78.6) 32 (24.4) 5 (3.8) 8 (6.1) 13 (9.9)
P value 0.001 0.09 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001
School level
 Primary school 2085 (55.0) 1772 (85.0) 585 (28.1) 215 (10.3) 89 (4.3) 268 (12.9)
 Secondary school 1708 (45.0) 1282 (75.1) 459 (26.9) 96 (5.6) 49 (2.9) 159 (9.3)
P value < 0.001 0.58 < 0.001 0.03 0.001