Table 5 Prevalence rates of awareness among hypertensives, of treatment among aware, and of control among treated by socio-demographic factors
From: Hypertension among Tunisian adults: results of the TAHINA project
All population | Men | Women | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aware n (%) | Treated n (%) | Controlled n (%) | Aware n (%) | Treated n(%) | Controlled n (%) | Aware n (%) | Treated n (%) | Controlled n (%) | |
Overall age (years) | 941 (38.8) | 798 (84.8) | 189 (24.1) | 265 (28.8) | 226 (85.3) | 60 (27.5) | 676 (44.8) | 572 (84.6) | 129 (22.8) |
35–44 | 92 (19.5) | 65 (70.7) | 22 (34.4) | 28 (12.8) | 19 (67.9) | 6 (31.6) | 64 (25.2) | 46 (71.9) | 16 (35.6) |
45–54 | 282 (35.7) | 227 (80.5) | 62 (27.6) | 74 (26.5) | 59 (79.7) | 22 (37.3) | 208 (40.6) | 168 (80.8) | 40 (24.1) |
55–64 | 319 (47.6) | 277 (86.8) | 52 (19.3) | 81 (35.1) | 73 (90.1) | 12 (17.6) | 238 (54.2) | 204 (85.7) | 40 (19.8) |
65–74 | 248 (50.2) | 229 (92.3) | 53 (23.6) | 82 (42.9) | 75 (91.5) | 20 (27.8) | 166 (54.8) | 154 (92.8) | 33 (21.6) |
P-value | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.03 | <0.001 | 0.006 | 0.09 | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.14 |
Education level | |||||||||
Illiterate | 575 (44.5) | 493 (85.7) | 102 (20.8) | 84 (31.5) | 75 (8.3) | 14 (19.2) | 491 (47.9) | 418 (85.1) | 88 (21.1) |
Lower/intermediate | 317 (31.7) | 263 (83.0) | 72 (28.5) | 142 (25.9) | 117 (82.4) | 34 (30.4) | 175 (38.8) | 146 (83.4) | 38 (27.0) |
Higher | 48 (38.4) | 42 (87.5) | 15 (36.6) | 39 (39.4) | 34 (87.2) | 12 (36.4) | 9 (34.6) | 8 (88.9) | 3 (37.5) |
P-value | <0.001 | 0.47 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.34 | 0.11 | 0.003 | 0.81 | 0.21 |
Residence area | |||||||||
Urban | 603 (40.8) | 524 (86.9) | 133 (26.0) | 168 (29.6) | 147 (87.5) | 46 (32.9) | 435 (47.7) | 377 (86.7) | 87 (23.5) |
Rural | 338 (35.6) | 274 (81.1) | 56 (20.5) | 97 (27.5) | 79 (81.4) | 24 (17.9) | 241 (40.4) | 195 (80.9) | 42 (21.5) |
P-value | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.08 | 0.48 | 0.18 | 0.01 | 0.006 | 0.04 | 0.01 |
Marital status | |||||||||
Single | 18 (33.3) | 12 (66.7) | 4 (36.4) | 4 (30.8) | 3 (75.0) | 1 (50.0) | 14 (34.1) | 9 (64.3) | 3 (33.3) |
Married | 764 (37.3) | 643 (84.2) | 157 (24.7) | 252 (28.9) | 215 (85.3) | 56 (26.8) | 512 (43.5) | 428 (83.6) | 101 (23.7) |
Widowed/divorced | 148 (48.8) | 133 (89.9) | 28 (21.4) | 7 (22.6) | 6 (85.7) | 3 (50.0) | 141 (51.8) | 127 (90.1) | 25 (20.0) |
P-value | <0.001 | 0.02 | 0.46 | 0.73 | 0.84 | 0.35 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.52 |
