Table 3. Prevalence of single disease conditions by sex and method of measurement in South Africa for 2016 (unweighted data).
| Disease condition | Total % (n/N) |
Male % (n/N) |
Female % (n/N) |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SELF-REPORTED | ||||
| Diabetes | 4.5 (459/10 292) |
3.6 (150/4 176) |
5.1 (309/6 116) |
<0.005 |
| Bronchitis/COPD | 1.3 (132/10 290) |
1.0 (40/4 177) |
1.5 (92/6 113) |
<0.005 |
| Heart disease | 3.4 (354/10 305) |
2.4 (101/4 183) |
4.1 (253/6 122) |
0.015 |
| Cholesterol | 2.9 (296/10 282) |
2.3 (94/4 167) |
3.3 (202/6115) |
0.002 |
| Stroke | 1.4 (146/10 309) |
1.0 (40/4 186) |
1.7 (106/6123) |
0.001 |
| TB in last 12 months | 1.3 (138/10 336) |
1.3 (53/4 210) |
1.4 (85/6126) |
0.576 |
| PHYSICALLY MEASURED (BIOMARKER) | ||||
| HIV | 19.9 (1 307/6 584) |
13.8 (346/2 517) |
23.6 (961/4 067) |
<0.005 |
| Hypertension | 46.2 (3 678/7 961) |
45.1 (1 412/3 130) |
46.9 (2 266/4 831) |
0.117 |
| Anaemia | 25.9 (1 862/7 200) |
17.7 (489/2 769) |
31.0 (1 373/4 431) |
<0.001 |
| Diabetes (HbA1c) | 12.4 (839/6 763) |
9.3 (241/2 591) |
14.3 (598/4 172) |
<0.001 |
| PHYSICALLY MEASURED (BIOMARKER) AND SELF-REPORTED | ||||
| Diabetes (self-report or HbA1c) | 10.06 (1 036/10 295) |
7.35 (307/4 178) |
11.92 (729/6 117) |
<0.001 |