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Table 1 Prevalence of being ever screened, diagnosed, aware, and treated among Sri Lankan adults with hypertension

From: Hypertension diagnosis, awareness, treatment, and control in Sri Lankan adults: a nationally representative cross-sectional study

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Ever screened

Diagnosed

Aware

Treated

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% (95% CI)

N = 2,205

% (95% CI)

N = 2,218

% (95% CI)

N = 2,218

% (95% CI)

N = 2,218

Overall

87.1 (84.9–89.3)

52.8 (49.3–56.2)

49.6 (46.2–53.0)

44.2 (40.7–47.7)

Sex

Male

82.7 (79.1–86.3)

43.5 (39.4–47.6)

40.2 (36.4–44.1)

36.0 (32.0–40.1)

Female

90.9 (88.3–93.6)

60.9 (56.2–65.7)

57.9 (53.2–62.6)

51.4 (46.3–56.4)

Age (years)

18–29

77.8 (66.1–89.5)

0.4 (− 0.4–1.2)

0.4 (− 0.4–1.2)

0.0a

30–39

74.8 (67.3–82.4)

26.5 (17.1–36.0)

26.2 (16.8–35.6)

17.9 (9.5–26.4)

40–49

83.1 (77.6–88.7)

37.3 (29.9–44.8)

36.0 (28.6–43.5)

26.7 (20.6–32.8)

50–59

90.0 (86.4–93.6)

58.8 (51.5–66.0)

56.3 (49.0–63.7)

48.3 (41.6–55.1)

60–69

89.9 (86.3–93.5)

65.1 (59.4–70.8)

59.2 (53.6–64.8)

57.7 (51.8–63.6)

70–79

92.3 (88.7–96.0)

77.0 (72.8–81.2)

71.9 (67.1–76.7)

67.0 (62.6–71.4)

80 + 

96.5 (92.8–100.3)

68.5 (52.3–84.7)

64.1 (47.9–80.4)

64.5 (50.3–78.7)

Ethnicity

Sinhala

89.3 (86.8–91.8)

51.5 (47.5–55.5)

48.3 (44.5–52.1)

44.4 (40.3–48.5)

SL Tamil

82.9 (78.5–87.2)

49.1 (41.8–56.4)

44.8 (38.0–51.6)

40.1 (32.7–47.5)

Indian Tamil

59.6 (42.1–77.1)

42.9 (26.5–59.3)

42.0 (25.8–58.2)

30.5 (14.2–46.7)

Muslim

85.2 (78.3–92.2)

67.1 (56.0–78.2)

65.1 (53.9–76.3)

50.9 (38.2–63.5)

Sector

Urban

88.6 (85.8–91.4)

62.2 (57.1–67.3)

57.9 (53.0–62.7)

54.3 (48.9–59.7)

Rural

88.1 (85.3–90.9)

50.4 (46.0–54.8)

47.7 (43.4–52.0)

41.6 (37.1–46.0)

Estate

73.3 (65.9–80.6)

46.2 (34.9–57.5)

41.3 (31.5–51.1)

32.3 (22.4–42.2)

Rural/Estate

75.4 (64.3–86.6)

44.4 (32.0–56.8)

41.0 (28.6–53.4)

36.4 (25.8–47.0)

Education

No schooling

90.4 (85.1–95.7)

67.6 (55.8–79.5)

65.3 (53.2–77.3)

57.4 (44.4–70.4)

Primary

84.7 (79.4–89.9)

60.1 (52.9–67.2)

55.5 (48.5–62.6)

50.3 (43.1–57.6)

Secondary

87.2 (84.7–89.7)

50.4 (46.8–54.0)

47.4 (44.0–50.8)

42.5 (38.9–46.1)

Tertiary

93.0 (84.7–101.4)

54.1 (40.3–68.0)

52.5 (38.9–66.2)

38.7 (21.4–56.1)

Household SES quintile

Poorest

84.1 (79.3–88.8)

49.4 (42.4–56.3)

46.5 (39.5–53.6)

41.4 (34.0–48.8)

2

82.9 (77.6–88.3)

56.4 (49.5–63.4)

52.7 (45.9–59.5)

47.8 (41.2–54.3)

3

88.0 (83.9–92.2)

49.2 (43.1–55.2)

46.5 (40.5–52.4)

35.3 (29.3–41.3)

4

89.6 (86.0–93.2)

53.6 (47.2–60.0)

50.4 (44.1–56.6)

48.7 (42.4–55.0)

Wealthiest

89.9 (85.8–94.1)

55.1 (48.9–61.2)

51.8 (45.6–57.9)

47.1 (41.1–53.1)

Area SES tertile

Least developed

81.3 (76.8–85.9)

41.2 (35.9–46.5)

38.2 (33.2–43.1)

31.8 (25.9–37.7)

Middle

91.1 (87.9–94.2)

53.9 (47.3–60.6)

51.3 (44.5–58.0)

46.0 (39.4–52.5)

Most developed

88.1 (85.2–91.0)

59.9 (54.8–65.1)

56.3 (51.5–61.2)

51.4 (46.3–56.6)

Diabetes (self-reported)

No

84.0 (81.1–86.9)

44.3 (40.2–48.3)

41.4 (37.5–45.4)

36.4 (32.6–40.3)

Yes

95.8 (93.5–98.1)

76.5 (71.8–81.2)

72.5 (67.7–77.3)

65.8 (60.4–71.2)

Province

Western

90.6 (86.6–94.6)

56.7 (50.0–63.5)

53.0 (46.9–59.1)

49.5 (42.8–56.1)

Central

85.7 (79.1–92.2)

52.0 (43.2–60.8)

49.7 (40.9–58.6)

42.3 (30.9–53.7)

Southern

88.9 (84.5–93.2)

51.7 (44.0–59.4)

49.4 (41.9–57.0)

43.8 (37.9–49.7)

Northern

83.7 (77.0–90.3)

54.1 (46.4–61.7)

50.2 (41.8–58.7)

48.6 (41.7–55.4)

Eastern

83.0 (74.5–91.4)

46.6 (33.1–60.1)

44.8 (31.3–58.3)

31.1 (20.7–41.6)

North-Western

88.9 (83.4–94.5)

53.7 (44.0–63.5)

50.8 (40.3–61.2)

44.5 (36.4–52.5)

North-Central

86.4 (80.4–92.3)

47.5 (39.3–55.8)

45.5 (37.7–53.3)

40.6 (32.3–48.9)

Uva

78.6 (70.5–86.7)

43.4 (27.9–58.9)

39.4 (26.2–52.6)

37.8 (24.1–51.5)

Sabaragamuwa

81.0 (72.4–89.6)

49.6 (36.8–62.3)

45.7 (31.4–59.9)

37.1 (24.6–49.5)

  1. aInsufficient sample to provide estimates of confidence intervals