Prevalence and Associated Factors of Hypertension among Women in Southern Ghana: Evidence from 2014 GDHS

Table 1

Background characteristics of respondents.

Variable	Frequency (n = 5.662)	Percentage (%)
Hypertension
Non hypertensive	4744	83.8
Hypertensive	918	16.2
Age (years)
15–19 years	922	16.3
20–24 years	972	17.2
25–29 years	981	17.3
30–34 years	837	14.8
35–39 years	791	14.0
40–44 years	636	11.2
45–49 years	523	9.2
Wealth index
Poorest	325	5.7
Poorer	949	16.8
Middle	1273	22.5
Richer	1496	26.4
Richest	1620	28.6
Level of education
No education	678	12.0
Primary	991	17.5
Secondary	3575	63.1
Higher	418	7.4
Ethnicity
Akan	3287	58.0
Ga/Dangme	562	9.9
Ewe	973	17.2
Guan	108	1.9
Mole-dagbani	361	6.4
Grusi	101	1.8
Gurma	116	2.1
Mande	28	0.5
Others	126	2.2
Religion
Islam	534	9.4
Christian	4930	87.1
Others	198	3.5
Parity
Zero birth	1823	32.2
One birth	819	14.5
Two births	823	14.5
Three births	694	12.3
Four births or more	1503	26.6
Marital status
Single	1921	33.9
Married	2203	38.9
Living with partner	873	15.4
Widowed	146	2.6
Separated	519	9.2
Occupation
Unemployed	1310	23.1
Professional/clerical	450	7.9
Sales/services	2479	43.8
Agricultural worker	704	12.4
Manual worker	719	12.7
Salted fish in the last 24 hrs
No	3539	62.5
Yes	2123	37.5
Place of residence
Urban	3370	59.5
Rural	2292	40.5
Region
Western	814	14.4
Central	732	12.9
Greater accra	1482	26.2
Volta	563	9.9
Eastern	680	12.0
Ashanti	1393	24.6