Hypertension and Associated Factors in Rural and Urban Areas Mali: Data from the STEP 2013 Survey

Table 2

Description of sociodemographic characteristics of 495 hypertensive subjects in the 2013 STEP survey in Mali.

Variables	Setting				Total
	Rural		Urban
		%		%		%
Age groups (years)
16–29	14	2.8	41	8.3	55	11.1	0.845
30–44	28	5.7	97	19.6	125	25.3
45–59	47	9.5	136	27.5	183	37.0
60 and more	29	5.9	103	20.8	132	26.7
Sex
Male	39	7.9	158	31.9	197	39.8	0.086
Female	79	16.0	219	44.2	298	60.2
Marital status
Unmarried	8	1.6	32	6.5	40	8.1	0.676
Divorced	0	0.0	1	0.2	1	0.2
Married	95	19.2	308	62.2	403	81.4
Widowers	15	3.0	36	7.3	51	10.3
Education level
Level 0	79	16.0	165	33.3	244	49.3	<0.0001
Level 1	11	2.2	84	17.0	95	19.2
Level 2	14	2.8	51	10.3	65	13.1
Level 3	13	2.6	63	12.7	76	15.4
Level 4	1	0.2	14	2.8	15	3.0