Table 3 Age and sex adjusted distribution of normal blood pressure, and prevalence of prehypertension and hypertension in urban and rural populations

Urban

Male

18–29

71 (53.4%)

47 (34.6%)

16 (12.0%)

30–49

19 (41.3%)

13 (28.3%)

14 (30.4%)

≥ 50

8 (20.5%)

14 (35.9%)

20 (47.6%)

all

98 (44.1%)

74 (33.3%)

50 (22.5%)

Female

18–29

154 (57.9%)

87 (32.7%)

25 (9.4%)

30–49

59 (51.8%)

31 (28.2%)

22 (19.6%)

≥ 50

25 (26.0%)

28 (29.2%)

43 (44.8%)

all

238 (50.2%)

146 (30.8%)

90 (19.0%)

Total

336 (48.3%)

220 (31.6%)

140 (20.1%)

Rural

Male

18–29

41 (41.0%)

46 (46.0%)

13 (13.0%)

30–49

23 (30.3%)

37(48.7%)

16 (21.1%)

≥ 50

12 (26.7%)

19 (42.2%)

14 (31.0%)

All

76 (34.4%)

102 (46.2%)

43 (19.5%)

Female

18–29

81 (52.9%)

62 (40.5%)

10 (6.5%)

30–49

23 (32.9%)

35 (50.0%)

12 (17.1%)

≥ 50

12 (28.6%)

21 (50.0%)

9 (21.4%)

All

116 (43.8%)

118 (44.5%)

31 (11.5%)

Total

192 (39.5%)

220 (45.3%)

74 (15.2%)

Total

Male

All

174 (39.3%)

176 (39.7%)

93 (21.0%)

Female

All

354 (47.9%)

264 (35.7%)

121 (16.4%)

All

528 (44.7%)

440 (37.2%)

214 (18.1%)