Table 2.
Hypertension prevalence by socio-demographic characteristics.
| Socio-demographic characteristics | Hypertensive | X 2; pvalue | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yes n (%) | No n (%) | ||
| Age | X 2 = 545.90; p < 0.001 | ||
| 15–19 | 39 (4%) | 938 (96%) | |
| 20–24 | 55 (6%) | 910 (94%) | |
| 25–29 | 97 (10%) | 850 (90%) | |
| 30–34 | 125 (15%) | 711 (85%) | |
| 35–39 | 179 (23%) | 591 (77%) | |
| 40–44 | 187 (29%) | 455 (71%) | |
| 45–49 | 209 (40%) | 316 (60%) | |
| Wealth index | X 2 = 27.832; p ≤ 0.001 | ||
| Poorest | 53 (13%) | 350 (87%) | |
| Poorer | 144 (13%) | 964 (87%) | |
| Middle | 206 (15%) | 1164 (85%) | |
| Richer | 208 (15%) | 1168 (85) | |
| Richest | 280 (20%) | 1125 (80%) | |
| Level of education | X 2 = 21.13; p ≤ 0.001 | ||
| No education | 151 (21%) | 585 (79%) | |
| Primary | 167 (16%) | 865 (84%) | |
| Secondary | 502 (14%) | 3014 (86%) | |
| Higher | 71 (19%) | 307 (81%) | |
| Ethnicity | X 2 = 8.36; p ≤ 0.399 | ||
| Akan | 515 (16%) | 2728 (84%) | |
| Ga/dangme | 86 (17%) | 416 (83%) | |
| Ewe | 181 (17%) | 901 (83%) | |
| Guan | 14 (11%) | 115 (89%) | |
| Mole-dagbani | 46 (14%) | 283 (86%) | |
| Grusi | 12 (13%) | 77 (87%) | |
| Gurma | 15 (11%) | 125 (89%) | |
| Mande | 5 (20%) | 20 (80%) | |
| Others | 17 (14%) | 106 (86%) | |
| Religion | X 2 = 1.04; p ≤ 0.593 | ||
| Islam | 76 (16%) | 392 (84%) | |
| Christian | 775 (16%) | 4197 (84%) | |
| Others | 40 (18%) | 182 (82%) | |
| Parity | X 2 = 230.62; p ≤ 0.001 | ||
| Zero birth | 119 (7%) | 1683 (93%) | |
| One birth | 98 (12%) | 725 (88%) | |
| Two births | 154 (19%) | 663 (81%) | |
| Three births | 142 (21%) | 525 (79%) | |
| Four births or more | 378 (24%) | 1175 (76%) | |
| Marital status | X 2 = 233.28; p ≤ 0.001 | ||
| Single | 128 (7%) | 1809 (93%) | |
| Married | 465 (21%) | 1720 (79%) | |
| Living with partner | 124 (14%) | 755 (86%) | |
| Widowed | 46 (31%) | 102 (69%) | |
| Separated | 128 (25%) | 385 (75%) | |
| Occupation | X 2 = 76.65; p ≤ 0.001 | ||
| Unemployed | 123 (9%) | 1270 (91%) | |
| Professional/clerical | 81 (19%) | 351 (81%) | |
| Sales/services | 455 (19%) | 1898 (81%) | |
| Agricultural worker | 130 (16%) | 668 (84%) | |
| Manual worker | 102 (15%) | 584 (85%) | |
| Salted fish in the last 24 hrs | X 2 = 0.08; p ≤ 0.774 | ||
| No | 549 (16%) | 2964 (84%) | |
| Yes | 342 (16%) | 1807 (84%) | |
| Place of residence | X 2 = 17.08; p ≤ 0.001 | ||
| Urban | 558 (18%) | 2631 (82%) | |
| Rural | 333 (13%) | 2140 (87%) | |
| Region | X 2 = 29.95; p ≤ 0.001 | ||
| Western | 141 (14%) | 884 (86%) | |
| Central | 126 (13%) | 809 (87) | |
| Greater Accra | 204 (21%) | 789 (79%) | |
| Volta | 125 (16%) | 666 (84%) | |
| Eastern | 118 (13%) | 774 (87%) | |
| Ashanti | 177 (17%) | 849 (83%) | |
| Total | 891 (16%) | 4771 (84%) | |