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Table 2 Aspirin knowledge and use by sex

From: Aspirin use and knowledge in the community: a population- and health facility based survey for measuring local health system performance

 

Male

Female

Total

 

No disease (N)

%

disease (N)

%

No disease (N)

%

Disease (N)

%

No disease (N)

%

Disease (N)

%

Frequency of aspirin use

Never

562

36.6

110

16.0

938

47.5

119

27.7

1,500

42.7

229

20.5

Less than once a week

182

11.9

15

2.2

219

11.1

16

3.7

401

11.4

31

2.8

At least once a week

42

2.7

4

0.6

60

3.0

5

1.2

102

2.9

9

0.8

Every other day

30

2.0

15

2.2

30

1.5

3

0.7

60

1.7

18

1.6

Every day

566

36.9

511

74.3

552

27.9

276

64.3

1,119

31.8

787

70.5

Don’t know or declined to respond

23

1.5

33

4.8

20

1.0

10

2.3

333

9.6

4

3.9

Risks and benefits of aspirin to prevent heart attack or stroke ever discussed with you

No

708

46.1

115

16.7

1114

56.4

89

20.8

1823

51.9

204

18.3

Yes

825

53.7

573

83.3

859

43.5

339

79.0

1685

47.9

912

81.7

Don’t know or declined to respond

4

0.3

0

0

4

0.2

1

0.2

8

0.2

1

0.01

Health problem that make aspirin or NSAIDs unsafe

No

1205

78.4

508

73.8

1459

73.8

294

68.5

2665

75.8

802

71.8

Yes

195

12.7

146

21.2

356

18.0

126

29.4

551

15.7

272

24.4

Don’t know or declined to respond

137

8.9

34

4.9

162

8.2

9

2.1

300

8.5

43

3.9