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. 2020 Sep 3;20:1341. doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-09450-6

Table 2.

Wealth based inequalities in prevalence and management of hypertension in India and Nepal, 2016

Categorization Mean SII (95% CI) RII (95% CI) CIX*100 (95% CI)
Q1 (95% CI) Q5 (95% CI)
India
Prevalence (national) 9.4 (9.3–9.6) 13.4 (13.2–13.5) 5.22 (4.77–5.67) 1.53 (1.48–1.59) 7.28 (6.75–7.81)
 Urban 10.4 (9.7–11.1) 13.1 (13.0–13.3) 2.63 (1.74–3.52) 1.22 (1.14–1.30) 3.79 (2.71–4.88)
 Rural 9.4 (9.2–9.5) 14.0 (13.7–14.3) 4.71 (4.27–5.15) 1.50 (1.45–1.56) 6.21 (5.67–6.75)
Awareness (national) 19.2 (18.5–19.9) 37.7 (37.0–38.3) 20.25 (18.47–22.03) 1.95 (1.84–2.07) 11.91 (11.08–12.74)
 Urban 19.1 (16.2–21.9) 37.9 (37.1–38.6) 12.20 (8.77–15.64) 1.42 (1.28–1.56) 8.43 (6.73–10.12)
 Rural 19.2 (18.5–19.9) 37.1 (35.9–38.3) 18.82 (16.90–20.75) 1.98 (1.84–2.12) 10.48 (9.62–11.34)
Treatment (national) 20.8 (20.1–21.5) 31.2 (30.6–31.8) 11.68 (10.01–13.35) 1.55 (1.45–1.64) 7.25 (6.33–8.18)
 Urban 18.0 (15.2–20.7) 31.9 (31.2–32.6) 11.24 (8.08–14.40) 1.47 (1.31–1.63) 6.29 (4.47–8.12)
 Rural 21.0 (20.3–21.7) 29.5 (28.3–30.6) 8.88 (7.02–10.74) 1.42 (1.32–1.52) 5.37 (4.41–6.34)
Control (national) 16.0 (15.4–16.7) 19.9 (19.4–20.4) 6.24 (3.39–9.08) 1.39 (1.18–1.59) 3.53 (2.32–4.74)
 Urban 14.8 (13.4–16.2) 18.0 (16.3–19.7) 1.56 (−16.60–19.72) 1.09 (0.00–2.18) 4.73 (2.42–7.04)
 Rural 19.6 (18.1–21.1) 17.8 (17.1–18.5) 6.80 (−1.05–14.65) 1.47 (0.82–2.12) 1.92 (0.65–3.18)
Nepal
Prevalence (national) 26.8 (22.8–30.9) 51.7 (48.1–55.4) 28.92 (21.27–36.57) 2.10 (1.67–2.52) 11.44 (8.48–14.40)
 Urban 30.7 (25.4–36.0) 54.1 (49.8–58.4) 28.14 (18.12–38.15) 1.97 (1.48–2.45) 11.631 (7.87–15.39)
 Rural 20.3 (14.3–26.4) 46.3 (39.7–52.9) 28.91 (17.27–40.56) 2.32 (1.51–3.12) 12.037 (7.51–16.57)
Awareness (national) 9.3 (6.7–12.0) 33.1 (29.7–36.5) 30.24 (23.39–37.08) 4.57 (3.00–6.13) 23.29 (18.41–28.17)
 Urban 12.3 (8.5–16.0) 35.4 (31.3–39.5) 30.28 (21.25–39.32) 3.86 (2.28–5.43) 23.40 (16.94–29.85)
 Rural 4.5 (1.4–7.5) 27.8 (21.9–33.7) 27.09 (16.97–37.21) 5.79 (2.29–9.28) 21.09 (14.21–27.97)
Treatment (national) 4.2 (2.4–6.0) 17.7 (14.9–20.5) 18.32 (12.96–23.69) 5.33 (2.96–7.70) 27.41 (19.89–34.93)
 Urban 4.7 (2.2–7.1) 19.5 (16.1–22.9) 20.01 (13.17–26.85) 5.27 (2.45–8.09) 29.86 (19.87–39.85)
 Rural 3.4 (0.7–6.1) 13.5 (9.0–18.0) 13.97 (5.51–22.44) 4.81 (1.03–8.60) 19.90 (9.88–29.92)
Control (national) 14.3 (14.1–14.5) 9.4 (9.2–9.6) −6.96 (−7.39– −6.52) 0.57 (0.54–0.59) −9.26 (−9.78– −8.74)
 Urban 17.3 (16.9–17.7) 10.1 (9.9–10.4) −8.56 (−9.50– −7.62) 0.53 (0.49–0.56) −10.30 (−11.41– −9.19)
 Rural 13.6 (13.4–13.7) 8.3 (8.0–8.6) −7.73 (− 8.17– − 7.29) 0.51 (0.49–0.53) − 10.70 (− 11.24– −10.16)