Hypertension
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, 2018, table 21 pdf icon[PDF – 9.8 MB]
Physician office visits
- Number of visits to physician offices with essential hypertension as the primary diagnosis: 32.8 million
Emergency department visits
- Number of visits to emergency departments with essential hypertension as the primary diagnosis: 1.3 million
Mortality
- Number of deaths from essential hypertension and hypertensive renal disease: 35,316
- Deaths per 100,000 population from essential hypertension and hypertensive renal disease: 10.8
Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2017, tables 6, 7 pdf icon[PDF – 2 MB]
More data
- Trends in Hypertension from Health,United States
- 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 icon[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
Page last reviewed: February 21, 2020
Content source: CDC/National Center for Health Statistics