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

Table 2

Proportions of hypertensive people who were aware of their hypertensive status, being treated with medications, and had their high blood pressure controlled, Vietnam 2015.

	Number of people with raised blood pressure	Percentage aware of hypertensive status (95% CI)	Percentage treated with medications (95% CI)	Percentage having blood pressure controlled^1 (95% CI)
Overall	673	43.1 (39.4–46.8)	24.9 (21.0–29.3)	9.7 (7.0–12.4)
Sex
Men	365	35.8 (30.1–42.0)	20.5 (15.9–25.9)	7.5 (4.7–10.4)
Women	308	47.1 (40.7–53.6)	31.4 (25.7–37.8)	13.0 (8.3–17.6)
Age group
18–29	47	18.3 (5.7–45.2)	12.8 (4.0–34.1)	8.9 (0.0–21.1)
30–49	196	33.8 (27.4–40.8)	15.3 (10.7–21.4)	3.8 (0.9–6.7)
50–69	430	49.4 (44.2–54.7)	34.4 (29.4–39.8)	14.4 (10.4–18.3)
Residence
Urban	310	49.9 (42.2–57.5)	30.1 (24.2–36.7)	13.5 (9.6–18.7)
Rural	362	35.4 (30.5–40.8)	22.2 (17.3–28.1)	7.8 (5.0–11.9)
Ethnicity
Kinh	578	43.7 (38.9–48.5)	26.3 (22.0–31.1)	10.6 (7.9–14.0)
Others	95	22.0 (13.9–33.1)	17.1 (9.4–29.0)	5.0 (1.7–14.1)
Education
Primary school or  less	306	39.6 (33.7–45.9)	26.6 (20.7–33.5)	10.4 (6.9–15.3)
Secondary school	277	40.9 (34.0–48.3)	23.5 (18.0–30.1)	9.9 (6.4–15.0)
University/college	89	41.2 (29.9–53.6)	23.8 (15.4–34.7)	6.6 (2.9–14.3)
Occupation
Senior officials  and professionals	39	46.4 (28.5–65.2)	28.6 (14.1–49.4)	8.3 (3.3–19.6)
Elementary occupations	309	33.6 (28.1–39.5)	18.4 (13.7–24.2)	7.8 (4.9–12.1)
Others	325	46.9 (40.3–53.6)	31.5 (25.7–37.9)	12.1 (8.6–16.6)
Income
Lower income	328	32.7 (26.9–39.0)	19.7 (15.0–25.3)	7.8 (5.0–11.9)
Middle income	225	48.8 (40.6–57.1)	26.7 (21.0–33.4)	9.4 (6.3–13.9)
Higher income	120	44.4 (35.2–53.8)	34.2 (24.9–44.9)	15.0 (8.7–24.7)
BMI
BMI < 25	469	35.6 (30.8–40.7)	18.7 (14.9–23.3)	8.9 (6.2–12.7)
BMI ≥ 25	202	51.2 (43.1–59.1)	38.7 (30.8–47.3)	11.5 (7.3–17.6)
Smoking status
Nonsmoker	493	42.8 (37.8–47.9)	27.8 (23.3–32.9)	11.4 (8.4–15.3)
Smoker	179	34.5 (26.7–43.3)	17.8 (12.2–25.2)	5.8 (3.1–10.6)
Drinking status
Nondrinker	368	45.3 (39.1–51.6)	29.6 (24.4–35.4)	13.0 (9.6–17.4)
Drinker	305	35.3 (29.0–42.2)	20.0 (15.2–25.9)	6.4 (3.8–10.6)

¹Percentage among the hypertensive people.