Patterns of Raised Blood Pressure in Vietnam: Findings from the WHO STEPS Survey 2015

Table 1

Prevalence of hypertension by sociodemographic factors and NCD risk factors, Vietnam 2015.

	Number (%)	Hypertensive	Prevalence	95% CI
Overall	3080	673	18.9	17.4–20.6
Sex
Men	1320 (49.5)	365	23.1	20.4–26.0
Women	1760 (50.5)	308	14.9	13.1–16.8
Age group
18–29	489 (32.4)	47	5.4	3.1–7.7
30–49	1500 (43.6)	196	7.3	14.9–19.7
50–69	1091 (24.0)	430	40.2	36.5–43.8
Residence
Urban	1380 (34.9)	310	18.4	16.3–20.8
Rural	1700 (65.1)	362	19.3	17.2–21.5
Ethnicity
Kinh	2514 (80.2)	578	19.8	18.0–21.7
Others	566 (19.8)	95	15.5	12.4–19.1
Education
Primary school or less	1248 (37.8)	306	22.4	19.7–25.3
Secondary school	1330 (45.2)	277	18.2	15.7–20.9
University/college	495 (17.0)	89	13.6	10.6–17.3
Occupation
Senior officials and professionals	260 (8.7)	39	14.8	10.3–20.7
Elementary occupations	1504 (48.5)	309	19.1	16.8–21.6
Others	1316 (42.8)	325	19.6	17.3–22.0
Income
Lower income	1493 (46.4)	328	19.3	17.1–21.9
Middle income	1055 (35.5)	225	17.6	14.9–20.6
Higher income	532 (18.1)	120	20.6	16.9–24.7
BMI
BMI < 25	2523 (84.4)	469	16.0	14.4–17.7
BMI ≥ 25	520 (15.6)	202	36.7	31.8–41.9
Smoking status
Nonsmoker	2354 (74.5)	493	17.9	16.3–19.7
Smoker	720 (25.5)	179	22.0	18.6–25.9
Drinking status
Nondrinker	1861 (55.9)	368	16.8	14.9–18.9
Drinker	1219 (44.1)	305	21.6	19.0–24.5