Sociodemographic characteristics
Characteristics | n=589 | % | |
Age (in years) | 25–44 | 88 | 15 |
45–64 | 281 | 48 | |
65–79 | 192 | 32 | |
>=80 | 28 | 5 | |
Gender | Female | 298 | 51 |
Male | 291 | 49 | |
Marital status | Single | 51 | 9 |
Married | 428 | 73 | |
Divorced | 26 | 4 | |
Widowed | 84 | 14 | |
Residence | Addis Ababa | 470 | 80 |
Outside Addis Ababa | 119 | 20 | |
Education | No formal education | 115 | 20 |
Grade 8 or less | 163 | 28 | |
Grade 9–12 | 146 | 25 | |
Diploma | 85 | 14 | |
Bachelor degree+ | 80 | 13 | |
Occupation | Government employee | 119 | 20 |
Private employee | 38 | 6 | |
Private business | 109 | 19 | |
Stay home mum | 162 | 28 | |
Retired | 135 | 23 | |
Other | 26 | 4 | |
Diagnosis | Ischaemic heart disease | 233 | 40 |
Stroke | 83 | 14 | |
Hypertension | 235 | 40 | |
Dyslipidaemia | 38 | 6 | |
Number of hospital admission(s) over the last 12 months | 0 | 489 | 83 |
1 | 90 | 15 | |
2 | 10 | 2 | |
Type of hospital visited | Public | 306 | 52 |
Private | 283 | 48 |