Table 3 Prevalence ratios (PR) and confidence intervals (95%) for non-communicable disease symptoms in an adult (≥ 18 years) population of Burkina Faso (WHS 2003).

Women

1.20*

[1.01;1.43]

1.18

[1.00;1.40]

1.42*

[1.21;1.66]

1.27*

[1.09;1.47]

1.68*

[1.39;2.04]

1.64*

[1.39;1.94]

1.28

[0.99;1.65]

1.34*

[1.05;1.70]

25-34

1.44*

[1.11;1.87]

1.61*

[1.27;2.04]

1.60*

[1.23;2.07]

1.58

[1.14;2.20]

35-44

1.73*

[1.29;2.33]

2.57*

[2.00;3.30]

2.37*

[1.75;3.22]

2.40*

[1.58;3.64]

45-54

2.38*

[1.80;3.15]

3.18*

[2.35;4.30]

2.55*

[1.81;3.60]

2.65*

[1.67;4.22]

55-64

3.15*

[2.04;4.86]

3.57*

2.61;4.88]

3.07*

[2.14;4.39]

3.05*

[1.85;5.03]

65 and older

3.26*

[2.19;4.85]

4.70*

[3.60;6.13]

2.82*

[2.09;3.80]

2.83*

[1.87;4.29]

Urban

1.17

[0.83;1.66]

1.04

[0.85;1.27]

1.31*

[1.01;1.71]

1.13

[0.81;1.68]

Widowed

1.13

[0.86;1.49]

1.08

[0.92;1.26]

1.34*

[1.09;1.65]

1.51*

[1.15;1.97]

Separated/divorced/single

1.12

[0.80;1.61]

0.74

[0.58;1.04]

1.30

[0.93;1.81]

1.42

[0.85;2.37]

Some formal education

1.32

[0.97;1.78]

1.08

[0.84;1.37]

1.13

[0.80;1.59]

1.48*

[1.04;2.09]

≥ PL/2-< PL

1.05

[0.85;1.31]

1.19*

[1.02;1.39]

1.24*

[1.01;1.53]

1.10

[0.84;1.44]

≥ PL-< 2 × PL

1.13

[0.81;1.58]

1.13

[0.93;1.38]

1.21

[0.96;1.52]

1.22

[0.92;1.61]

≥ 2 × PL

1.18

[0.82;1.69]

1.32*

[1.04;1.67]

1.25

[0.93;1.68]

1.33

[0.91;1.94]