Table 3.
Blood pressure and hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment and control by geography-based characteristics
| Blood pressure (mmHg) | Hypertension (%) | |||||||
| SBP (95% CI) | DBP (95% CI) | Prevalence (95% CI) | Prevalence in studies with suitable age group data | Awareness (95% CI) | Treatment (95% CI) | Control (95% CI) | ||
| Crude (95% CI) | Age-standardized (95% CI) | |||||||
| Area of residence | ||||||||
| Rural | 123.2 (117.3–129.6) | 76.7 (73.7–79.8) | 25.4 (17.1–33.7) | 31.7 (28.9–34.4) | 24.6 (22.8–26.3) | 22.3 (14.7–29.9) | 11.7 (5.4–28.9) | 6.1 (3.0–9.2) |
| Urban | 129.1 (124.8–133.4) | 80.5 (78.8–82.1) | 31.4 (27.3–35.5) | 33.0 (27.6–38.4) | 23.6 (21.3–25.9) | 25.8 (19.4–32.1) | 14.6 (10.1–19.1) | 9.7 (5.8–13.6) |
| Agroecological zone | ||||||||
| Guinea savannah | 130.2 (127.0–133.5) | 81.3 (79.0–83.7) | 28.0 (20.1–35.9) | 25.9 (15.1–36.6) | 20.7 (12.6–28.7) | 14.1 (9.5–18.7) | – | – |
| Humid | 132.4 (126.8–138.0) | 82.3 (80.8–83.7) | 32.1 (24.3–40.0) | 35.5 (6.8–64.1) | 26.1 (14.8–37.4) | 22.5 (15.8–29.2) | 13.9 (9.6–18.1) | 3.9 (0.1–7.7) |
| Sub-humid | 125.4 (119.9–130.8) | 78.3 (75.0–81.5) | 29.1 (23.5–34.6) | 32.7 (27.5–37.9) | 22.9 (20.3–25.4) | 27.8 (17.9–37.8) | 16.8 (9.4–24.3) | 7.6 (2.1–13.1) |
| Sudano-sahelian | 132.9 (130.9–135.0) | 81.3 (78.8–83.7) | 33.4 (28.7–38.1) | 38.5 (35.3–41.7) | 29.1 (26.1–32.1) | 18.6 (13.1–24.1) | 8.1 (2.8–13.4) | – |
| Tropical highlands | 130.8 (123.2–138.4) | 81.1 (79.0–83.2) | 35.1 (28.9–41.3) | 45.1 (37.1–53.2) | 28.1 (22.5–33.6) | 25.3 (15.6–35.1) | 23.2 (11.6–34.7) | 19.1 (5.3–32.8) |
| Subnational region | ||||||||
| Adamawa | 130.2 (127.0–133.5) | 79.9 (79.1–80.6) | 28.0 (20.1–35.9) | 25.9 (15.1–36.6) | 20.7 (12.6–28.7) | 14.1 (9.5–18.7) | – | – |
| Centre | 127.9 (122.2–133.5) | 78.6 (76.0–81.1) | 31.8 (26.0–37.5) | 33.6 (25.6–41.6) | 22.4 (19.1–25.6) | 31.4 (23.7–39.0) | 16.8 (9.4–24.3) | 7.6 (2.1–13.1) |
| East | 130.2 (126.9–133.6) | 79.7 (79.2–80.1) | 30.8 (29.3–32.2) | 30.5 (27.9–33.1) | 24.3 (21.9–26.7) | – | – | – |
| Far North | 133.0 (131.0–135.1) | 79.8 (79.1–80.5) | 35.5 (29.5–41.5) | 38.5 (35.3–41.7) | 29.1 (26.1–32.0) | 18.6 (14.5–22.7) | 5.4 (3.0–7.8) | – |
| Littoral | 132.4 (126.6–138.2) | 81.6 (79.2–84.0) | 32.3 (23.3–41.2) | 35.5 (6.8–64.1) | 26.1 (14.8–37.4) | 23.9 (21.7–26.2) | 11.5 (9.8–13.1) | 2.2 (1.1–3.4) |
| North | 131.9 (130.1–133.7) | 79.5 (78.4–80.6) | 30.6 (28.1–33.1) | – | – | 23.0 (20.0–26.0) | 10.8 (8.6–13.0) | – |
| North-West | 131.8 (130.4–133.1) | 80.5 (78.1–82.9) | 34.9 (28.6–41.2) | – | – | 23.0 (20.0–26.0) | 10.8 (8.6–13.0) | – |
| South | 119.5 (95.1–143.9) | 75.3 (67.0–83.6) | 17.1 (9.9–44.2) | – | – | – | – | – |
| South-West | 131.9 (130.1–133.7) | 79.5 (78.4–80.6) | 30.9 (28.8–33.0) | – | – | 28.9 (23.0–34.8) | 20.6 (15.4–25.9) | 6.1 (3.0–9.2) |
| West | 130.8 (122.2–139.4) | 80.3 (78.2–82.3) | 36.3 (27.8–44.9) | 41.4 (39.1–43.7) | 25.7 (23.7–27.8) | 16.1 (6.1–26.1) | 14.8 (12.2–17.4) | 12.4 (10.0–14.8) |
CI, confidence interval.