Table 1 Survey-weighted means of overweight/obesity prevalence in women aged 15 to 49Â years in East Africa, stratified by DHS survey periods and different population groups (national, urban, and rural)
Country | Survey | National | Urban | Rural | % (SE) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % (SE) | n | % (SE) | n | |||
Burundi | 2010 | 4104 | 7.57 (0.43)ns | 909 | 27.45 (1.93)*** | 3195 | 5.22 (0.41)*** |
2016 | 7908 | 7.9 (0.42) | 1672 | 25.46 (1.74) | 6236 | 5.23 (0.38) | |
Rwanda | 2005 | 5211 | 11.54 (0.53)*** | 1189 | 19.34 (1.49)*** | 4022 | 9.96 (0.55)*** |
2010 | 6474 | 16.26 (0.48) | 1142 | 25.26 (1.19) | 5332 | 14.65 (0.52) | |
2015 | 6217 | 20.94 (0.6) | 1618 | 37 (1.68) | 4599 | 16.91 (0.6) | |
Uganda | 2006 | 2519 | 16.35 (1.07)*** | 424 | 33.72 (2.87)*** | 2095 | 12.75 (1.07)*** |
2011 | 2420 | 18.76 (1.04) | 770 | 34.95 (2.14) | 1650 | 14.29 (1.09) | |
2016 | 5415 | 23.7 (0.85) | 1268 | 34.33 (1.57) | 4147 | 19.89 (1.02) | |
Tanzania | 2005 | 9159 | 17.61 (0.61)*** | 2291 | 32.3 (1.45)*** | 6868 | 11.52 (0.59)*** |
2010 | 9097 | 21.27 (0.69) | 2398 | 36.01 (1.27) | 6699 | 15.12 (0.8) | |
2016 | 12027 | 28.31 (0.71) | 3802 | 41.51 (1.25) | 8225 | 20.68 (0.74) | |
Kenya | 2003 | 7184 | 23.17 (0.81)*** | 2416 | 38.2 (1.43)*** | 4768 | 18.18 (0.89)*** |
2009 | 7692 | 24.95 (1.18) | 2410 | 39.63 (1.38) | 5282 | 19.94 (1.16) | |
2014 | 13455 | 32.76 (0.66) | 4974 | 43.23 (1.14) | 8481 | 25.81 (0.79) | |