Table 2.

Prevalence of NCD risk factors by the socio-economic and demographic factors (2013).

Variable	Current tobacco use (n = 10,706)	Low fruit and vegetable consumption (n = 10,363)	Low physical activity (n = 10,187)	Overweight/obesity (n = 10,421)	Hypertension (n = 10,128)
Gender
Male	23.7	87.2	93.7	63.1	30.3
Female	1.5	86.8	96.0	67.5	43.0
P-value	0.000	0.492	0.000	0.000	0.000
Age
15-24	8.0	91.9	96.6	37.2	16.2
25-34	14.8	87.4	94.5	65.5	25.2
35-44	15.1	86.0	94.4	77.3	36.8
45-54	14.4	82.4	94.2	80.6	52.1
55-64	12.5	84.1	94.5	80.8	68.6
65+	5.3	86.2	92.0	70.7	70.9
P-value	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Marital Status
Married	13.4	85.0	94.5	74.9	40.8
Not married	41.7	91.2	96.0	40.8	20.5
P-value	0.004	0.000	0.034	0.000	0.000
Education
Below primary school	13.2	90.3	94.2	74.0	59.9
Primary school	12.8	90.3	94.2	64.4	39.5
Intermediate school	12.4	89.9	94.3	55.2	29.9
High school	16.3	88.0	94.5	60.9	30.0
Higher education	13.4	72.4	91.7	76.5	38.0
P-value	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Work status
Government employee	20.5	84.6	94.5	73.7	38.2
Homemaker	1.5	87.5	95.4	73.9	36.7
Non-government employee	28.1	83.0	90.5	64.4	35.6
Retired	17.7	84.3	81.8	73.7	70.9
Self-employed	28.5	83.1	91.3	69.0	47.8
Student	7.2	92.2	97.3	35.5	16.0
Unemployed	15.6	90.4	91.3	69.6	59.4
P-value	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Monthly income
<3,000 SR	10.4	92.5	95.2	57.2	44.2
3,000 to <5,000 SR	12.3	89.3	93.4	62.7	39.1
5,000 to <7,000 SR	15.2	86.4	94.3	67.4	35.3
7,000 to <10,000 SR	16.5	86.0	94.2	66.9	31.7
10,000 to <15,000 SR	15.2	81.8	95.5	71.2	36.4
15,000 to <20,000 SR	14.8	78.9	95.6	69.5	38.1
20,000 to <30,000 SR	18.0	72.2	96.4	69.9	35.9
≥30,000 SR	8.8	90.9	94.2	68.0	34.5
P-value	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000