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Table 3 Prevalence of chronic diseases and risk factors in Ghana and Cameroon

From: Developing effective chronic disease interventions in Africa: insights from Ghana and Cameroon

 

Ghana

Cameroon

 

Male

Female

Male

Female

Prevalence of chronic diseases

Diabetes prevalence estimates*

(no of people with DM aged 20-79 (thousands) (2003)

185.0

149.0

23.9

34.5

IGT prevalence estimates*

(no of people with IGT aged 20-79 (thousands) (2003)

564.8

636.3

104.5

56.4

Hypertension prevalence**

33.4 (u)

27 (r)

28.9(u)

27 (r)

25.6

23.1

Stroke deaths***

(age standardised mortality per 100 000 population) (2002)

123

151

133

163

Prevalence of Risk Factors****

Smoking prevalence

6.4

0.5

8.2

1.0

Alcohol consumption (% life-time abstainers)

51.8

61.3

11

18

Physical Activity (insufficient in last 7 days)

7.8

13.2

-

-

Fruit and Vegetable Intake (insufficient intake)

39.6

38.2

-

-

Overweight prevalence (women)

-

17.2

-

20.6

Obesity prevalence (women)

 

8.1

 

8.2

  1. Sources:
  2. *IDF, 2003, cited by Mbanya and Ramiaya (2006) [27]
  3. **Ghana figures based on 2004 survey data from Agyemang (2006) and Agyemang et al (2006); Cameroon figures from 2003 survey data from Kamadjeu et al (2006), data cited by Addo et al (2007) [12]
  4. ***WHO Global InfoBase, cited by Mensah (2008) [11]
  5. ****Ghana data from WHS, Cameroon data from STEPs Survey, cited by Kyobutungi (2008) [10]