Trend of hypertension in Gujarat–Understanding the NFHS-4 and NFHS-5 Data

Swati  Patel; Prakash  Patel

doi:10.5455/njcm.20210205081335

Authors

Swati Patel Department of Community Medicine, SMIMER, Surat
Prakash Patel Department of Community Medicine, SMIMER, Surat

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5455/njcm.20210205081335

Keywords:

NFHS-4, NFHS-5, Hypertension

Abstract

Introduction: Several rounds of national health surveys have generated a vast amount of data in India since 1992. This article describes the key health information - hypertension from the National Family Health Survey (NFHS- 4 and 5) of Gujarat. The main aim of this article is to observe the prevalence of hypertension in Gujarat from NFHS-4 and 5 dataset.

Methods: The study was secondary data analysis based on the data from NFHS 4 and NFHS 5.

Results: NFHS 4 data illustrates the average prevalence of blood pressure to be 22.7% (for both men and women, total of all the three categories) in Gujarat. NFHS 5 data demonstrates the average prevalence of blood pressure to be 74.7% (for both men and women, total of all the three categories) in Gujarat.

Conclusion: The prevalence of hypertension is slightly increasing or almost equal to same in all categories of hypertension in rural as compared to urban area of Gujarat.

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