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): 33.5% (2013-2014)
Source: Health, United States, 2016, table 53 [PDF – 9.8 MB]
Physician office visits
- Number of visits to physician offices with essential hypertension as the primary diagnosis: 39.9 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: 30,221
- Deaths per 100,000 population from essential hypertension and hypertensive renal disease: 9.5
Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2014, tables 10, 11 [PDF – 4.4 MB]
More data
- Tables of Summary Health Statistics from the National Health Interview Survey
- Age Differences in Visits to Office-based Physicians by Adults With Hypertension: United States, 2013
- Hypertension Prevalence and Control Among Adults: United States, 2011–2014
- 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
- Prevalence of Uncontrolled Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease: United States, 1999–2010
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