Table 2.
Distribution of women’s blood pressure readings in Ghana.
| Demographic Group | Optimal | Normal | High Normal | Mild High | Moderate High | Severely High | Total High | % High | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age groups | Frequency | % | Frequency | % | Frequency | % | Frequency | % | Frequency | % | Frequency | % | ||
| <20 | 1346 | 82.89 | 201 | 12.40 | 45 | 2.74 | 31 | 1.93 | 1 | 0.03 | 0 | 0.01 | 32 | 1.97 |
| 20–25 | 1 254 | 78.10 | 203 | 12.62 | 97 | 6.06 | 47 | 2.95 | 4 | 0.25 | 0 | 0.02 | 52 | 3.22 |
| 25–30 | 1 180 | 73.66 | 222 | 13.87 | 99 | 6.21 | 74 | 4.65 | 15 | 0.96 | 10 | 0.65 | 100 | 6.27 |
| 30–35 | 879 | 64.27 | 226 | 16.52 | 115 | 8.41 | 99 | 7.24 | 31 | 2.24 | 18 | 1.33 | 148 | 10.80 |
| 35–40 | 704 | 54.50 | 241 | 18.67 | 170 | 13.18 | 119 | 9.19 | 40 | 3.08 | 18 | 1.39 | 176 | 13.66 |
| 40–45 | 502 | 49.00 | 180 | 17.53 | 140 | 13.61 | 129 | 12.56 | 39 | 3.80 | 36 | 3.51 | 204 | 19.87 |
| 45–50 | 321 | 37.62 | 159 | 18.62 | 110 | 12.93 | 160 | 18.74 | 65 | 7.69 | 38 | 4.40 | 263 | 30.83 |
| Total | 6 185 | 66.03 | 1 431 | 15.28 | 776 | 8.29 | 659 | 7.04 | 195 | 2.08 | 120 | 1.29 | 975 | 10.40 |
| Regions | ||||||||||||||
| Western | 671 | 64.69 | 167 | 16.09 | 103 | 9.89 | 68 | 6.53 | 19 | 1.83 | 10 | 0.97 | 97 | 9.33 |
| Central | 633 | 67.73 | 147 | 15.73 | 67 | 7.15 | 57 | 6.09 | 16 | 1.73 | 15 | 1.58 | 88 | 9.39 |
| Greater Accra | 1 083 | 57.15 | 336 | 17.71 | 220 | 11.61 | 168 | 8.88 | 47 | 2.46 | 41 | 2.19 | 256 | 13.53 |
| Volta | 472 | 65.64 | 108 | 15.02 | 55 | 7.58 | 62 | 8.68 | 14 | 1.94 | 8 | 1.13 | 85 | 11.75 |
| Eastern | 601 | 69.08 | 118 | 13.61 | 69 | 7.95 | 49 | 5.66 | 24 | 2.81 | 8 | 0.89 | 81 | 9.36 |
| Ashanti | 1 134 | 63.55 | 283 | 15.88 | 138 | 7.72 | 152 | 8.54 | 48 | 2.70 | 29 | 1.61 | 229 | 12.85 |
| BrongAhafo | 528 | 68.85 | 119 | 15.52 | 54 | 7.02 | 49 | 6.37 | 11 | 1.50 | 6 | 0.74 | 66 | 8.61 |
| Northern | 625 | 79.55 | 80 | 10.17 | 38 | 4.87 | 32 | 4.06 | 8 | 0.99 | 3 | 0.35 | 42 | 5.41 |
| Upper East | 274 | 76.82 | 44 | 12.31 | 19 | 5.36 | 14 | 3.90 | 5 | 1.44 | 1 | 0.18 | 20 | 5.52 |
| Upper West | 163 | 75.45 | 29 | 13.41 | 14 | 6.51 | 7 | 3.42 | 2 | 0.96 | 1 | 0.26 | 10 | 4.63 |
| Sector | 0 | 0.00 | ||||||||||||
| Urban | 3 128 | 62.09 | 802 | 15.93 | 479 | 9.51 | 402 | 7.97 | 134 | 2.67 | 92 | 1.83 | 628 | 12.47 |
| Rural | 3 057 | 70.61 | 629 | 14.53 | 297 | 6.86 | 258 | 5.95 | 61 | 1.40 | 28 | 0.65 | 346 | 8.00 |
| Arm Circumference | ||||||||||||||
| <20 | 103 | 59.75 | 31 | 17.75 | 17 | 9.86 | 15 | 8.94 | 2 | 1.10 | 4 | 2.59 | 22 | 12.64 |
| 20–25 | 622 | 79.46 | 81 | 10.39 | 47 | 5.98 | 24 | 3.08 | 8 | 0.99 | 1 | 0.10 | 33 | 4.17 |
| 25–30 | 3 023 | 76.31 | 521 | 13.16 | 220 | 5.55 | 142 | 3.58 | 40 | 1.01 | 15 | 0.38 | 197 | 4.97 |
| 30–35 | 1 888 | 58.41 | 565 | 17.47 | 326 | 10.07 | 313 | 9.68 | 82 | 2.53 | 60 | 1.86 | 454 | 14.06 |
| 35–40 | 452 | 47.56 | 180 | 18.92 | 125 | 13.10 | 117 | 12.29 | 52 | 5.44 | 26 | 2.70 | 194 | 20.43 |
| 40–45 | 86 | 38.68 | 48 | 21.42 | 30 | 13.30 | 36 | 16.27 | 10 | 4.46 | 13 | 5.88 | 59 | 26.61 |
| ≥45 | 11 | 24.33 | 6 | 13.21 | 13 | 28.43 | 12 | 27.47 | 2 | 3.90 | 1 | 2.65 | 15 | 34.02 |
| BMI | ||||||||||||||
| Missing | 3 117 | 66.66 | 724 | 15.47 | 368 | 7.86 | 304 | 6.50 | 112 | 2.39 | 52 | 1.11 | 468 | 10.00 |
| Underweight | 224 | 81.77 | 21 | 7.64 | 22 | 7.87 | 5 | 1.76 | 2 | 0.86 | 0 | 0.11 | 7 | 2.72 |
| Normal | 1 861 | 74.01 | 315 | 12.54 | 169 | 6.70 | 127 | 5.05 | 26 | 1.03 | 17 | 0.67 | 170 | 6.75 |
| Overweight | 668 | 56.79 | 232 | 19.70 | 134 | 11.35 | 100 | 8.52 | 22 | 1.84 | 21 | 1.80 | 143 | 12.16 |
| Obese | 315 | 43.34 | 140 | 19.26 | 85 | 11.69 | 123 | 16.98 | 33 | 4.57 | 30 | 4.16 | 187 | 25.71 |
| Doctor told of hypertension | ||||||||||||||
| No | 6 069 | 68.53 | 1 356 | 15.31 | 698 | 7.88 | 542 | 6.12 | 123 | 1.39 | 69 | 0.78 | 733 | 8.28 |
| Yes | 116 | 22.73 | 75 | 14.76 | 78 | 15.31 | 118 | 23.02 | 72 | 14.08 | 52 | 10.11 | 241 | 47.21 |