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High Blood Pressure Statistics
High blood pressure (hypertension) killed 54,186 people in the United States in 2004.
* About 72 million people in the United States age 20 and older have high blood pressure.
* Nearly one in three adults has high blood pressure.
* Of those people with high blood pressure, 71.8 percent were aware of their condition.
* Of all people with high blood pressure, 61.4 percent were under current treatment, 35.1 percent had it under control, and 64.9 percent did not have it controlled.
* The cause of 90–95 percent of the cases of high blood pressure isn't known; however, high blood pressure is easily detected and usually controllable.
* From 1994 to 2004 the death rate from high blood pressure increased 15.5 percent, and the actual number of deaths rose 41.8 percent.
* Non-Hispanic blacks are more likely to suffer from high blood pressure than are non-Hispanic whites.
* Within the African-American community, those with the highest rates of hypertension, are more likely to be middle aged or older, less educated, overweight or obese, physically inactive, and to have diabetes.
* In 2004 the death rates per 100,000 population from high blood pressure were 15.6 for white males, 49.9 for black males, 14.3 for white females and 40.6 for black females. |
