At a glance
The Council convened in late 2020 to support hypertension control as a national priority. It aims to coordinate and accelerate federal action to improve hypertension prevention, detection, and control.
Guiding vision
Controlling hypertension for all Americans will save lives, improve health and resilience, and reduce costs.
The Council
In response to the Surgeon General's Call to Action to Control Hypertension, the Council made equitable hypertension control a national priority. Founding members of the Council include 12 federal agencies and offices under the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS):
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
- Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy (ASTP)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
- Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
- Indian Health Services (IHS)
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
- Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP)
- Office of Minority Health (OMH)
- Office on Women's Health (OWH)
In addition to fueling collaborations among member agencies and offices, the Council is a valuable source of expertise on hypertension for relevant HHS priorities, including social factors to include rural health and maternal health.
Hypertension 101
- Hypertension is common; control is not. Nearly half of adults have hypertension (119.9 million). Fewer than 1 in 4 adults with hypertension have it under control (27.0 million).1
- Hypertension harms. Uncontrolled hypertension puts millions of people at risk for largely preventable events and conditions, such as heart attacks, strokes, kidney disease, heart failure, dementia, and severe pregnancy complications, which raise a woman's lifetime risk of heart disease.2
- Hypertension is costly: Annual costs associated with high blood pressure were an estimated $219 billion in the United States in 2019.3
- Hypertension is controllable. We know how to prevent, detect, and control hypertension. It's time to ensure that best and promising practices are adopted, expanded, and spread across the country.
For more information contact FedHTNCouncil@cdc.gov.
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