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The Burden of Chronic Diseases and Their Risk Factors: National and State Perspectives 2004

Section III

Risk Factors and Use of Preventive Services, United States

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High Blood Pressure

High blood pressure is a major modifiable risk factor for heart disease and stroke. All adults need to be aware that having their blood pressure checked regularly is an important first step in identifying and controlling high blood pressure. Medications to reduce blood pressure levels among people with high blood pressure can reduce their risk for heart disease, stroke, and other coronary events.

  • A 12–13 point reduction in blood pressure among people with high blood pressure can reduce heart attacks by 21%, strokes by 37%, and total CVD deaths by 25%.
  • Fifty million Americans have high blood pressure, and another 45 million are pre-hypertensive, or at high risk of developing high blood pressure.
  • Seventy percent of people with high blood pressure do not have it under control.

Percentage of Adults Who Reported Having High Blood Pressure, 2001

Percentage of Adults Who Reported Having High Blood Pressure, 2001

Source: CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

[A text description of this map is also available.]

 

Percentage of Adults Who Reported Having High Blood Pressure, by Sex, Race, and Ethnicity, 2001

State Percent Male Female White Black* Asian/
Pacific
Islander*		 American
Indian/
Alaska
Native*		 Hispanic* Multiracial*
ALABAMA 31.6 29.8 33.3 29.8 37.5 - - 33.9 -
ALASKA 21.8 20.6 23.0 21.2 - 26.8 24.0 14.2 25.5
ARIZONA 23.6 25.7 21.7 25.2 35.3 11.6 17.1 16.8 -
ARKANSAS 29.7 29.4 30.0 28.6 34.4 - - 26.9 46.1
CALIFORNIA 23.3 22.2 24.3 24.8 42.8 19.3 - 17.7 22.6
COLORADO 21.6 21.8 21.4 21.6 35.9 - - 16.7 -
CONNECTICUT 24.0 23.9 24.2 25.1 27.6 6.4 - 16.8 -
DELAWARE 27.2 27.2 27.3 27.1 32.5 - - 13.0 47.6
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 29.0 26.4 31.1 17.9 40.0 - - 14.4 -
FLORIDA 26.9 26.6 27.2 28.0 31.0 13.9 - 22.4 -
GEORGIA 26.9 25.7 28.1 26.3 30.5 - - 19.5 -
HAWAII 24.1 24.0 24.1 19.2 20.6 28.3 - 15.2 24.8
IDAHO 24.6 24.8 24.4 24.7 - - 19.8 19.4 31.5
ILLINOIS 24.8 22.8 26.5 26.1 31.5 - - 12.7 26.7
INDIANA 25.8 24.5 26.9 25.3 35.6 - - 15.9 46.5
IOWA 25.5 24.9 26.1 25.6 - - - 23.8 -
KANSAS 23.9 23.1 24.6 24.3 31.2 - - 16.9 24.2
KENTUCKY 30.1 31.0 29.3 29.6 36.4 - - 31.9 -
LOUISIANA 27.6 25.2 29.7 26.0 32.2 - - 25.0 -
MAINE 25.2 25.3 25.1 25.1 - - - - -
MARYLAND 26.3 26.3 26.3 25.9 30.4 19.1 - 17.8 -
MASSACHUSETTS 23.6 23.5 23.6 24.3 30.6 5.9 - 18.0 -
MICHIGAN 27.3 27.0 27.5 27.0 34.2 6.2 - 19.4 27.3
MINNESOTA 22.3 22.6 22.0 22.8 22.2 7.8 - 14.0 -
MISSISSIPPI 31.3 28.8 33.6 29.1 37.0 - - 12.8 -
MISSOURI 26.5 26.3 26.7 26.4 31.6 - - 22.9 26.2
MONTANA 26.8 26.4 27.2 26.6 - - 31.9 34.1 -
NEBRASKA 22.6 21.5 23.7 23.3 29.1 - - 11.4 -
NEVADA 25.6 25.4 25.8 25.8 28.9 - - 21.2 25.9
NEW HAMPSHIRE 22.8 23.9 21.8 23.2 - - - 14.2 -
NEW JERSEY 26.1 24.7 27.3 27.0 34.0 17.2 - 19.5 -
NEW MEXICO 20.0 19.9 20.2 21.6 28.0 - 17.1 17.6 -
NEW YORK 26.0 26.5 25.5 26.8 31.9 14.6 - 21.3 -
NORTH CAROLINA 27.2 25.4 28.9 25.5 37.1 7.9 19.5 19.9 35.7
NORTH DAKOTA 24.1 23.5 24.7 23.9 - - 31.1 - -
OHIO 26.6 25.8 27.3 26.1 38.5 - - 20.6 -
OKLAHOMA 28.5 29.1 28.0 28.8 32.6 - 31.7 21.3 41.0
OREGON 24.9 24.3 25.5 26.2 - - - 13.5 21.9
PENNSYLVANIA 28.1 27.2 28.8 28.0 31.8 - - 22.8 42.1
RHODE ISLAND 25.4 25.7 25.2 26.0 33.6 - - 17.3 -
SOUTH CAROLINA 28.8 28.6 29.1 27.1 34.4 - - 22.6 -
SOUTH DAKOTA 24.1 23.9 24.3 24.2 - - 24.0 25.9 12.7
TENNESSEE 29.3 28.4 30.1 28.6 34.8 - - 31.0 -
TEXAS 25.6 23.8 27.3 28.1 35.7 10.3 - 18.9 26.8
UTAH 22.3 22.5 22.2 22.8 - - - 14.9 -
VERMONT 21.4 21.0 21.8 21.6 - - - - -
VIRGINIA 25.8 24.8 26.7 25.2 35.4 13.6 - 7.8 21.4
WASHINGTON 24.4 25.5 23.5 24.8 27.5 14.8 30.6 21.3 26.1
WEST VIRGINIA 32.5 32.5 32.4 32.2 40.5 - - - 36.9
WISCONSIN 24.1 23.6 24.7 23.8 35.0 - 25.0 24.3 -
WYOMING 22.4 23.2 21.7 22.6 - - - 14.5 -
                   
UNITED STATES 25.8 25.2 26.4 26.2 34.2 16.2 25.8 18.9 27.4
                   
* A dash indicates that the state sample had too few respondents (fewer than 50) in this category to calculate a stable estimate
Source: CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

 

  



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