TABLE 5.
Absolute number of persons with hypercholesterolemia in Nigeria, aged 20 years or more, 1995 and 2015
| Age (years) | 1995 | 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prevalence (%) | Population (000) | Cases (000) | Prevalence (%) | Population (000) | Cases (000) | |
| 20–24 | 0.1 | 9732.1 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 15981.8 | 636.5 |
| 25–29 | 0.8 | 7814.7 | 61.1 | 10.7 | 14051.0 | 1497.6 |
| 30–34 | 5.9 | 6586.9 | 388.2 | 17.3 | 12102.3 | 2097.7 |
| 35–39 | 12.6 | 5534.3 | 695.6 | 24.0 | 9982.6 | 2396.6 |
| 40–44 | 19.2 | 4611.6 | 887.4 | 30.7 | 7767.7 | 2383.4 |
| 45–49 | 25.9 | 3894.2 | 1009.3 | 37.4 | 6008.7 | 2244.7 |
| 50–54 | 32.6 | 3330.8 | 1085.6 | 44.0 | 4993.8 | 2198.9 |
| 55–59 | 39.3 | 2690.9 | 1056.7 | 50.7 | 4146.1 | 2102.4 |
| 60–64 | 45.9 | 2090.9 | 960.6 | 57.4 | 3325.7 | 1908.4 |
| 65–69 | 52.6 | 1544.5 | 812.7 | 64.1 | 2554.2 | 1636.2 |
| 70–74 | 59.3 | 1031.8 | 611.8 | 70.7 | 1821.5 | 1288.4 |
| 75–79 | 66.0 | 581.5 | 383.6 | 77.4 | 1077.6 | 834.2 |
| 80+ | 76.6 | 353.3 | 270.8 | 88.1 | 721.8 | 635.8 |
| All | 16.5 | 49797.6 | 8227.7 | 25.9 | 84534.9 | 21860.8 |
Note: Estimates based on the epidemiologic model (y=1.335x+0.573t-1178.246). Where y=prevalence of hypercholesterolemia, x=age, and t=year. Coefficients of ‘x’ and ‘t’ are ‘1.335’ and ‘0.573’ for the meta-regressed line, with an intercept of ‘−1178.246’