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However, the 2017 Household Survey analysis has Author contributions
some notable limitations. First, it lacks data on the exact
number of members in each household, necessitating the Conceptualization: Ghamdan Gamal Alkholidy
use of estimated 2017 household member figures based on Formal analysis: Ghamdan Gamal Alkholidy
2004 National Census data. Furthermore, while the survey Investigation: Ghamdan Gamal Alkholidy
Methodology: Ghamdan Gamal Alkholidy
was intended to encompass all households in Sana’a City Writing – original draft: Ghamdan Gamal Alkholidy
(estimated to be 477,430 households in 2017), only 241,310 Writing – review & editing: All authors
households were surveyed. Nevertheless, the sample size
remains sufficiently large to derive valid conclusions. Ethics approval and consent to participate
5. Conclusion Ethical approval to conduct this study was obtained from
the Directorate of Health Statistics at the MoPHP, Sana’a
The overall prevalence of the five NCDs was found to City, Yemen.
be 4.4%. The specific PRs for each NCD were as follows:
HTN at 2.3%, DM at 2.2%, BA at 0.4%, MD at 0.27, Consent for publication
and epilepsy at 0. 19%. Notably, the overall prevalence,
as well as the prevalence of HTN, DM, and BA, was Not applicable.
significantly higher in females, while the prevalence Availability of data
of MD was significantly higher in males. However,
the prevalence of epilepsy did not significantly differ The raw data from the 2017 Sana’a City National NCDs
between genders. Nearly 18% of NCD patients had more Household Survey, conducted by the Ministry of Public
than one disease, with the most common comorbidity Health and Population (MoPHP), was obtained from the
being among HTN patients, where 35.2% of them also Directorate of Health Statistics at MoPHP (https://doi.
had DM. In all NCDs, the PR progressively increased org/10.5281/zenodo.10028723).
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