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BackgroundChronic non-communicable diseases (CNCDs) impose a large burden on human health worldwide; and are the major causes of mortality and morbidity.CNCDs were responsible for 68% of the 56 million deaths that occurred in 2012.The burden of chronic diseases, especially in developing countries, is increasing rapidly and is becoming a significant social, economic, and health consequences 1.The increasing incidence of chronic diseases in low-income countries of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) poses a growing challenge to their national health systems, 2 given that infectious diseases are still highly prevalent in these settings.The increase is attributed to interrelated changes in demographic and socio-economic determinants, influenced by globalization 3,4.A reviewed literature on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in SSA showed that the prevalence of stroke ranged from 0.07 to 0.3%, diabetes mellitus from 0 to 16%, hypertension 6 to 48% and current smoking from 0.4 to 71% 2.World Health Organization (WHO) estimated in 2011 that 34% of Ethiopian population is dying from non-communicable diseases, with a national cardiovascular disease prevalence of 15%, cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease prevalence of 4% each, and diabetes mellitus prevalence of 2 % 5.These troublesome CNCDs are caused by different modifiable risk factors.The major modifiable risk factors are classified in to two major categories namely behavioral risk factors and
Ergat Yarinbab Teklemariam (2018) studied this question.