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Table 2 Difference in awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension in select West African countries

From: Prevalence, determinants and systems-thinking approaches to optimal hypertension control in West Africa

 

Awareness (%)

Treatment (%)

Control (%)

Benin [26]

6.9

4.8

1.9

Ghana (Kumasi and Ashanti) [5, 6, 27]

34

28

6.2

Ghana (Ga district) [24]

26

50

16.7

Nigeria (South-South region) [29]

18.5

77.3

29.4

Nigeria (Northern region) [28]

13.9

85.7

12.5