Table 3. Socio-demographic characteristics with hypertensive awareness(n= 294).
Characteristics | All hypertensives | ||
---|---|---|---|
Aware n (%) | Not Aware n (%) | Total n (%) | |
Total | 127 (43.2) | 167 (56.8) | 294 (100) |
Age | |||
Adult | 77 (45.8) | 91 (54.2) | 168 (57.1) |
Elderly | 50 (39.7) | 76 (60.3) | 126 (42.9) |
Sex | |||
Male | 63 (53.8) | 54 (46.2) | 117 (39.8) |
Female | 64 (36.2) | 113 (63.8) | 177 (60.2) |
Marital Status | |||
Married | 117 (45.2) | 142 (54.8) | 259 (88.0) |
Unmarried | 1 (50.0) | 1 (50.0) | 2 (0.01) |
Widow | 9 (27.3) | 24 (72.7) | 33 (11.99) |
Ethnicity | |||
Brahmin | 48 (46.2) | 56 (53.8) | 104 (35.4) |
Chhetri | 17 (37) | 29 (63) | 46 (15.6) |
Gurung | 15 (38.5) | 24 (61.5) | 39 (13.3) |
Dalit | 25 (40.3) | 37 (59.7) | 62 (21.0) |
Others | 22 (51.2) | 21 (48.8) | 43 (14.7) |
Education | |||
Illiterate | 45 (28.1) | 115 (71.9) | 160 (54.4) |
Primary | 20 (42.6) | 27 (57.4) | 47 (16.0) |
Secondary | 42 (70) | 18 (30) | 60 (20.4) |
Higher Education | 20 (74.1) | 7 (25.9) | 27 (9.2) |
Occupation | |||
Employed in Service Sector | 44 (73.3) | 16 (26.7) | 60 (20.4) |
Agriculture | 50 (47.2) | 56 (52.8) | 106 (36.0) |
Unemployed | 14 (17.5) | 66 (82.5) | 80 (27.2) |
Others | 19 (39.6) | 29 (60.4) | 48 (16.4) |