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Table 4 Unadjusted prevalence of high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and diabetes by age, sex, and socio-economic status, 2004 to 2013

From: Ten-year trends in major lifestyle risk factors using an ongoing population surveillance system in Australia

  

Year; prevalence, % (95% CI)

Relative change % (absolute change)

Pvalue for trend

  

2004-2005

2006-2007

2008-2009

2010-2011

2012-2013

  

High blood pressure

        

Overall

 

18.9 (18.2-19.6)

19.0 (18.2-19.7)

19.7 (18.9-20.4)

21.2 (20.4-22.0)

21.1 (20.3-22.0)

11.6 (2.2)

<0.001

Sex

Males

18.2 (17.1-19.3)

17.9 (16.8-18.9)

19.2 (18.1-20.3)

20.3 (19.0-21.5)

20.4 (19.0-21.7)

12.1 (2.2)

<0.001

Females

19.6 (18.6-20.5)

20.0 (19.1-21.0)

20.1 (19.2-21.1)

22.0 (21.0-23.0)

21.8 (20.8-22.9)

11.2 (2.2)

0.001

Age (y)

18 - 39

2.2 (1.5-2.8)

2.2 (1.6-2.8)

1.9 (1.2-2.5)

3.1 (2.3-4.0)

1.7 (0.9-2.5)

-22.7 (-0.5)

0.941

40 - 64

18.7 (17.6-19.9)

18.5 (17.4-19.6)

20.1 (18.9-21.2)

20.7 (19.5-22.0)

20.8 (19.5-22.2)

11.2 (2.1)

<0.001

65 and over

51.2 (49.4-52.9)

51.3 (49.6-53.0)

51.5 (49.9-53.1)

53.9 (52.5-55.4)

53.6 (52.2-55.1)

4.7 (2.4)

0.024

SES

Low/lowest quintile

20.3 (19.1-21.5)

21.1 (19.9-22.4)

21.4 (20.1-22.7)

24.6 (23.1-26.0)

22.6 (21.1-24.1)

11.3 (2.3)

<0.001

Middle quintile

19.8 (18.2-21.4)

21.5 (19.8-23.2)

20.8 (19.1-22.5)

20.6 (18.8-22.3)

21.9 (20.0-23.8)

10.6 (2.1)

0.235

High/highest quintile

17.3 (16.2-18.4)

16.0 (15.0-17.1)

17.7 (16.6-18.8)

18.5 (17.3-19.6)

19.5 (18.2-20.8)

12.7 (2.2)

<0.001

High blood cholesterol

        

Overall

 

14.6 (13.9-15.2)

14.6 (13.9-15.2)

15.9 (15.2-16.5)

16.9 (16.1-17.6)

17.7 (16.8-18.6)

21.2 (3.1)

<0.001

Sex

Males

15.1 (14.0-16.1)

14.6 (13.6-15.6)

16.1 (15.0-17.2)

17.4 (16.2-18.7)

18.0 (16.5-19.4)

19.2 (2.9)

<0.001

Females

14.1 (13.3-14.9)

14.6 (13.7-15.4)

15.6 (14.7-16.5)

16.3 (15.4-17.2)

17.4 (16.4-18.4)

23.4 (3.3)

<0.001

Age (y)

18 - 39

2.4 (1.7-3.1)

2.1 (1.5-2.7)

2.4 (1.6-3.2)

2.1 (1.4-2.8)

2.5 (1.0-4.0)

4.2 (0.1)

0.860

40 - 64

16.2 (15.2-17.3)

15.8 (14.8-16.9)

17.6 (16.5-18.7)

19.0 (17.7-20.3)

18.8 (17.5-20.1)

16.0 (2.6)

<0.001

65 and over

34.2 (32.5-35.8)

35.1 (33.5-36.8)

36.6 (35.1-38.2)

38.1 (36.7-39.6)

40.3 (33.8-41.7)

17.8 (6.1)

<0.001

SES

Low/lowest quintile

15.2 (14.1-16.3)

15.9 (14.8-17.1)

17.4 (16.2-18.6)

18.8 (17.5-20.1)

19.5 (17.9-21.2)

28.3 (4.3)

<0.001

Middle quintile

14.9 (13.4-16.3)

15.2 (13.7-16.6)

16.0 (14.5-17.4)

16.7 (15.1-18.4)

17.2 (15.5-18.9)

15.4 (2.3)

0.011

High/highest quintile

13.9 (13.0-14.9)

13.1 (12.1-14.1)

14.5 (13.5-15.5)

15.2 (14.1-16.3)

16.3 (15.1-17.6)

17.3 (2.4)

<0.001

Diabetes

        

Overall

 

6.8 (6.4-7.3)

7.2 (6.7-7.7)

7.6 (7.0-8.1)

7.8 (7.3-8.4)

8.1 (7.6-8.7)

19.1 (1.3)

<0.001

Sex

Males

6.4 (5.7-7.0)

7.1 (6.4-7.8)

8.0 (7.2-8.8)

8.2 (7.4-9.0)

7.8 (7.1-8.6)

21.9 (1.4)

<0.001

Females

7.2 (6.6-7.9)

7.3 (6.56-8.0)

7.2 (6.5-7.8)

7.5 (6.8-8.2)

8.4 (7.6-9.2)

16.7 (1.2)

0.021

Age (y)

18 - 39

1.9 (1.4-2.4)

2.2 (1.6-2.8)

2.8 (1.9-3.7)

2.3 (1.5-3.0)

2.3 (1.4-3.1)

21.1 (0.4)

0.262

40 - 64

7.2 (6.4-7.9)

7.0 (6.2-7.7)

7.0 (6.3-7.7)

8.1 (7.2-9.0)

8.0 (7.1-8.8)

11.1 (0.8)

0.019

65 and over

15.5 (14.2-16.8)

17.0 (15.7-18.3)

17.6 (16.4-18.7)

17.1 (15.9-18.2)

18.1 (17.0-19.3)

16.8 (2.6)

0.037

SES

Low/lowest quintile

8.2 (7.3-9.0)

9.1 (8.2-10.0)

8.8 (8.0-9.7)

10.0 (9.0-10.9)

9.4 (8.4-10.3)

16.0 (1.3)

0.019

Middle quintile

7.5 (6.4-8.7)

6.6 (5.6-7.5)

7.7 (6.5-9.1)

8.2 (7.0-9.5)

8.3 (7.2-9.5)

10.7 (0.8)

0.069

High/highest quintile

5.4 (4.8-6.1)

5.9 (5.2-6.6)

6.4 (5.7-7.2)

5.8 (5.1-6.5)

7.0 (6.1-7.8)

19.6 (1.6)

0.006