Table 2. Chronic respiratory disease symptoms, by rural or urban residence, Uganda, 2015–2016.

Symptom	Rural sample (n = 837)	Urban sample (n = 665)	P
	No. (%)	No. (%)
Asthma
Self-reported wheezing or whistling in the chest in the past 12 months	47 (5.6)	39 (5.9)	0.99
Self-reported medication use to aid breathing in the past 12 months	17 (2.0)	51 (7.7)	< 0.001
Previous diagnosis of asthma	7 (0.8)	16 (2.4)	0.04
Chronic bronchitis
Self-reported coughing up sputum for at least 3 months in each of two successive years	27 (3.2)	16 (2.4)	0.41
Functional status
Self-reported experience of missing work due to, or having daily activities impeded by, respiratory problems in the past 12 months	7 (0.8)	26 (3.9)	< 0.001
Self-reported shortness of breath on physical exertion	73 (8.7)	154 (23.2)	< 0.001