Characteristics of Inpatient Hypertension Cases and Factors Associated with Admission Outcomes in Ashanti Region, Ghana: An Analytic Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of inpatient hypertension clients in Ashanti Region, 2014.

	Female		Male		Total
	Freq	% (95% CI)	Freq	% (95% CI)	Freq	% (95% CI)
Age group
25–34	61	35.60 (2.79–4.52)	30	1.75 (1.01–3.03)	91	5.31 (3.98–7.05)
35–44	158	9.22 (7.04–11.99)	74	4.32 (3.29–5.64)	232	13.54 (11.55–15.80)
45–54	249	14.53 (12.80–16.44)	132	22.23 (6.03–9.78)	381	22.23 (20.34–24.24)
55–64	229	13.36 (11.73–15.17)	119	6.94 (5.71–8.42)	348	20.3 (18.58–22.14)
65+	460	26.84 (24.51–29.31)	202	11.79 (8.99–15.30)	662	38.62 (36.26–41.05)
Total	1157	67.5 (61.56–72.93)	557	32.50 (27.07–38.44)	1714	100
Sex
Female	1157	67.5 (61.56–72.93)	0	—	1157	67.5 (61.56–72.93)
Male	0	—	557	32.5 (27.07–38.44)	557	32.5 (27.07–38.44)
Total	1157	67.5 (61.56–72.93)	557	32.50 (27.07–38.44)	1714	100
Educational level
No education	706	41.21 (31.31–51.88)	282	16.46 (12.53–21.32)	988	57.68 (45.38–69.09)
Primary	393	22.94 (16.96–30.26)	212	12.38 (8.37–17.92)	605	35.32 (25.92–46.01)
Secondary	33	1.93 (0.73–4.99)	37	2.16 (1.00–4.59)	70	4.09 (1.86–8.74)
Tertiary	24	1.4 (0.67–2.89)	26	1.52 (0.70–3.26)	50	2.92 (1.46–5.75)
Total	1156	67.48 (61.55–72.91)	557	32.52 (27.09–38.45)	1713	100
NHIS status
Not having NHIS	148	8.74 (5.06–14.68)	103	6.08 (3.57–10.17)	251	14.82 (8.82–23.83)
Have NHIS	993	58.62 (50.21–66.55)	450	26.56 (22.69–30.83)	1443	85.18 (76.17–91.18)
Total	1141	67.36 (61.49–72.72)	553	32.64 (27.28–38.51)	1694	100
Occupation
Unemployed	88	5.14 (1.84–13.54)	41	2.40 (12.09–5.20)	129	7.54 (3.02–17.60)
Formal employment	16	0.94 (14.38–43.87)	23	1.34 (0.66–2.73)	39	2.28 (1.23–4.18)
Self-employed	455	26.59 (14.38–43.87)	227	13.27 (7.22–23.13)	682	39.86 (20.67–62.77)
Student	1	(–0.51)	2	0.12 (–0.54)	3	0.18 (–0.64)
Unspecified	470	27.47 (10.07–56.15)	161	9.41 (3.4–23.48)	631	36.88 (12.52–70.46)
Others	125	7.31 (3.18–15.89)	102	5.96 (2.88–11.93)	227	13.27 (6.41–25.47)
Total	1155	67.50 (61.53–72.96)	556	32.50 (27.04–38.47)	1711	100
Facility ownership
Quasi-/mission	403	23.51 (7.12–55.23)	201	11.73 (4.97–25.22)	604	35.24 (10.8–70.97)
Public	700	40.84 (21.03–64.16)	317	18.49 (9.60–32.66)	1017	59.33 (27.20–85.07)
Private	54	3.15 (0.63–14.29)	39	2.28 (0.56–8.79)	93	5.43 (1.27–20.40)
Total	1157	67.50 (61.56–72.93)	557	32.50 (27.07–38.44)	1714	100
District status
Rural	337	19.66 (8.29–39.84)	200	11.67 (4.87–25.43)	537	31.33 (12.48–59.34)
Urban	820	47.84 (30.18–66.06)	357	20.83 (13.86–30.08)	1177	68.67 (40.66–87.52)
Total	1157	67.5 (61.56–72.93)	557	32.50 (27.07–38.44)	1714	100