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treatment. Compared with men, women at all ages are clearly found to expect longer
LE, shorter HFLE, and longer LE with all types of HTN.

Table 3. LE with HTN, LE with different types of hypertension and their proportion by age and sex in Bangladesh in 2011
Expected Expected Expected Expected Expected Expected
Years Prop. Years Prop. Years Prop.
at Age 35 at Age 35 at Age 50 at Age 50 at Age 65 at Age 65
Male LE with HTN 8.22 21.13 6.59 25.91 4.31 30.24
LE with types of HTN
LEwUofHTN 4.46 11.47 3.31 13.00 2.28 15.95
LEwAofHTNnoTreat 0.62 1.60 0.49 1.93 0.25 1.73
LEwCHTN 1.40 3.59 1.20 4.72 0.81 5.70
LEwUHTN 1.74 4.46 1.59 6.27 0.98 6.85
Female LE with HTN 14.49 36.14 11.34 42.90 7.51 51.52
LE with types of HTN
LEwUofHTN 6.44 16.06 4.97 18.80 3.28 22.47
LEwAofHTNnoTreat 1.64 4.08 1.37 5.17 0.99 6.78
LEwCHTN 2.62 6.55 1.88 7.10 1.11 7.61
LEwUHTN 3.79 9.46 3.13 11.84 2.14 14.65
Notes: HTN: Hypertension; Prop: Proportion of life with types of HTN; LE: Life expectancy; LEwUofHTN: LE with unawareness of hypertension;
LEwAofHTNnoTreat: LE with awareness of hypertension but no treatment; LEwCHTN: LE with controlled hypertension; LEwUHTN: LE with
uncontrolled hypertension.

Figure 1. HFLE and LE with different types of hypertension by age and sex in Bangladesh in 2011
Notes: HFLE: Hypertension-free life expectancy; LEwUofHTN = LE with unawareness of hypertension; LEwAofHTNnoTreat = LE with awareness
of hypertension but no treatment; LEwCHTN = LE with controlled hypertension; LEwUHTN = LE with uncontrolled hypertension.

4 Discussion
This study has two main findings. First, compared with men, women have all types of
HTN in significantly higher percentages across age groups and the prevalence of HTN
increases as age increases for both men and women. In the 35–39 age group, 18% of
women and 10% of men have HTN. In the 65–69 age group, the prevalence of HTN
is 55% for women and 31% for men. Other studies for Bangladesh have also found
HTN to be higher among women and the older population (Saquib, Saquib, Ahmed
et al., 2012; Tareque, Koshio, Tiedt et al., 2015). Our study, furthermore, reveals that
around half of respondents are unaware of HTN, and that among those with HTN,
one-fourth of women and one-fifth of men have uncontrolled HTN. The prevalence of

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