The components of self-rated health among adults in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Table 1 Descriptive statistics for chronic diseases, depression, and functional limitations by sex in adults (n = 2,195) in Ouagadougou ^a , Ouaga HDSS Health Survey, 2010

	Men		Women
	n	% or mean (SD)	n	% or mean (SD)	p-value^b
Hypertension
No	908	94.3	1085	90.7	.002
Yes	77	5.7	125	9.3
Diabetes
No	969	98.7	1195	98.8	.835
Yes	16	1.3	15	1.2
Bronchitis / Asthma
No	939	95.1	1166	95.7	.570
Yes	46	4.9	44	4.3
Angina pectoris
No	965	97.8	1141	93.2	<.001
Yes	20	2.2	69	6.8
Stroke
No	966	97.6	1164	95.2	.003
Yes	19	2.4	46	4.8
Arthritis / Rheumatism
No	969	98.2	1196	98.8	.214
Yes	16	1.8	16	1.2
Gout
No	978	99.4	1196	98.5	.064
Yes	7	0.6	14	1.5
Stomach ulcer
No	934	94.2	1109	91.0	.007
Yes	51	5.8	101	9.0
Number of chronic diseases	985	0.25 (0.022)	1210	0.38 (0.031)	.001
Depression
Not depressed	951	96.2	1157	95.0	.145
Depressed	34	3.8	53	5.0
Vision
No difficulty	790	86.4	939	84.2	.122
Any difficulty	195	13.6	271	15.8
Hearing
No difficulty	922	95.2	1103	93.4	.04
Any difficulty	63	4.8	107	6.6
Mobility
No difficulty	854	91.3	929	83.3	<.001
Any difficulty	131	8.7	281	16.7
Memory
No difficulty	869	90.8	964	84.1	<.001
Any difficulty	116	9.2	246	15.9
Self-care
No difficulty	957	98.2	1156	96.3	.006
Any difficulty	28	1.8	54	3.7
Communication
No difficulty	965	98.5	1182	98.2	.578
Any difficulty	20	1.5	28	1.8
Functional limitations score
No limitation	688	76.5	714	67.5	<.001
One limitation	169	15.1	229	16.8
Two or more limitations	128	8.4	267	15.7

^aProportions and means are weighted using sampling weights provided by the Ouaga HDSS Health Survey and take the clustering at household level into account. Absolute frequencies (n) are unweighted.
^bp-value based on Chi-squared test for proportions differences or t-test for mean (standard deviation) differences between men and women.

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