Prevalence and risk factors for self-reported non-communicable diseases among older Ugandans: a cross-sectional study

Stephen Ojiambo Wandera, Makerere University
Elizabeth Kwagala, Makerere University
James Ntozi, Makerere University

There is limited evidence about the prevalence and risk factors for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) among older Ugandans. Therefore, this paper investigated the prevalence and risk factors for self-reported NCDs. We used the 2010 Uganda national household survey (UNHS) data comprising 2,382 older people. We fit multivariable complementary log-log regression to estimate the risk factors for self-reported NCDs among older people in Uganda. About two in ten (23%) older persons reported an NCD. In Uganda, the risk factors for self-reported NCDs were advanced age, being a woman, having a disability, ill health in past 30 days, better wealth status, depending on remittances, being Muslim, Pentecostal and SDA and household headship. Key words Africa, Uganda, Chronic diseases, non-communicable diseases, NCDs, elderly