Hypertension
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Data are for the U.S.
Morbidity
- Percent of adults aged 20 and over with hypertension (measured high blood pressure and/or taking antihypertensive medication): 33.2% (2015-2016)
Source: Health, United States, 2017, table 53 [PDF – 9.8 MB]
Physician office visits
- Number of visits to physician offices with essential hypertension as the primary diagnosis: 42.7 million
Outpatient department visits
- Number of visits to hospital outpatient departments with essential hypertension as the primary diagnosis: 3.7 million
Mortality
- Number of deaths from essential hypertension and hypertensive renal disease: 33,246
- Deaths per 100,000 population from essential hypertension and hypertensive renal disease: 10.3
Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2016, tables 6, 7 [PDF – 2 MB]
More data
- Tables of Summary Health Statistics from the National Health Interview Survey
- Hypertension Prevalence and Control Among Adults: United States, 2015–2016
- Characteristics of Visits to Primary Care Physicians by Adults Diagnosed with Hypertension: Findings from the 2013-2014 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey [PDF – 575 KaB]
- Age Differences in Visits to Office-based Physicians by Adults With Hypertension: United States, 2013
- Hypertension-related Mortality in the United States, 2000–2013
- Hypertension Among Adults in the United States: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2011–2012
- Page last reviewed: January 19, 2017
- Page last updated: May 3, 2017
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