Table 5: Prevalence (%) of hypertension by Socio-demographic variables
N | % | P-Value | |
Community | |||
Scheduled Tribe | 175 | 31.4 | P< 0.001 |
Scheduled Tribe | 589 | 47.9 | |
Backward Caste | 1225 | 52.8 | |
Others | 1144 | 51.1 | |
Type of House | |||
Kutcha | 609 | 46.1 | P< 0.01 |
Semi-Pucca | 1988 | 49.8 | |
Pucca | 536 | 55.6 | |
Occupation | |||
Labour | 948 | 44.4 | P< 0.001 |
Cultivation | 1089 | 48.0 | |
Service/Business | 1096 | 57.0 | |
Literacy Status | |||
Illiterate | 959 | 44.8 | P< 0.001 |
Literate | 2174 | 52.4 | |
Family size | |||
1-4 | 1196 | 51.8 | P< 0.01 |
5-7 | 1488 | 50.6 | |
> 8 | 449 | 43.4 | |
Land holdings (Acers) | |||
No land | 1213 | 48.7 | P< 0.001 |
< 2.5 | 1083 | 55.3 | |
2.5-5.0 | 333 | 42.3 | |
>5.0 | 504 | 47.2 |