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Table 2 Valid percentages of self-reported health indicators among respondents aged 18 years or more (N = 7616)

From: Population profile and residential environment of an urban poor community in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Age group

Men

Women

p a

18–24

25–34

35–44

45–54

55–64

65+

All

18–24

25–34

35–44

45–54

55–64

65+

All

Number

353

587

383

187

89

73

1672

1583

2366

1106

500

249

140

5944

 

Smoking cigarettes (%)

33.0

52.2

63.1

52.9

44.9

52.1

50.4

1.0

1.2

1.9

1.4

0.4

1.4

1.3

<0.001

Chewing smokeless tobacco (%)

7.7

17.4

33.2

47.3

48.9

49.3

25.4

5.0

13.9

35.3

53.0

64.1

74.1

22.3

0.305

Tobacco product use (%)

36.1

57.4

75.3

74.9

75.3

79.5

61.0

5.9

14.8

36.6

53.8

64.3

74.1

23.2

<0.001

Hypertension (%)

              

<0.001

 Yes

1.4

3.1

5.2

11.8

22.5

17.8

5.9

2.5

5.5

13.1

21.6

24.9

23.6

8.7

 

 No

7.4

14.8

17.0

19.3

19.1

21.9

14.8

15.7

20.6

22.1

24.6

18.9

13.6

19.7

 

 Unknown

91.2

82.1

77.8

69.0

58.4

60.3

79.4

81.9

73.8

64.8

53.8

56.2

62.9

71.6

 

Diabetes (%)

              

<0.001

 Yes

0.3

2.0

3.1

11.8

5.6

12.3

3.6

0.3

2.2

8.2

13.6

15.7

13.6

4.6

 

 No

5.9

8.9

9.9

13.9

21.3

21.9

10.3

8.8

11.9

15.6

16.2

17.7

13.6

12.4

 

 Unknown

93.8

89.1

86.9

74.3

73.0

65.8

86.1

90.9

85.9

76.1

70.2

66.7

72.9

83.0

 

Heart Disease (%)

              

<0.001

 Yes

0.3

1.4

3.9

3.2

9.0

6.8

2.6

1.5

2.6

5.5

9.8

13.7

12.1

4.1

 

 No

3.7

5.3

4.4

6.4

11.2

12.3

5.5

3.2

4.0

4.9

7.0

5.6

3.6

4.3

 

 Unknown

96.0

93.4

91.6

90.4

79.8

80.8

91.9

95.3

93.4

89.6

83.2

80.7

84.3

91.6

 

Stroke (%)

              

0.649

 Yes

3.4

5.1

2.1

2.7

7.9

6.8

4.0

3.3

4.6

2.1

4.2

3.6

5.0

3.7

 

 No

0.0

1.2

3.4

5.3

6.7

12.3

2.7

0.0

1.3

4.4

7.0

8.8

7.1

2.5

 

 Unknown

96.6

93.7

94.5

92.0

85.4

80.8

93.3

96.7

94.1

93.5

88.8

87.6

87.9

93.8

 

Diarrheab (%)

2.9

3.1

3.1

3.7

2.2

4.1

3.1

3.9

4.1

5.2

6.2

6.4

3.6

4.5

0.007

  1. aDifferences between all men and all women were tested by using age-adjusted binary and multinominal logistic regression models for dichotomous and trichotomous variables, respectively
  2. bSuffering from diarrhea in the past 30 days