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Article: Number of Americans with high blood pressure rose in last decade.(Research Notebook)
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- FDA Consumer
- Article date:
- November 1, 2004
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The number of adults in the United States with high blood pressure increased by 30 percent between 1988 and 2000, according to a study that analyzed government health statistics and other data gathered nationwide during the period.
The study found that at least 65 million Americans have hypertension, defined as blood pressure of 140/90 millimeters of mercury (mm Hg) or higher, using blood-pressure-lowering medications, or having been told at least twice by a physician or other health professional that they had high blood pressure. By that definition, almost a third of U.S. adults have hypertension.
"The bottom line is that the estimated number of adults ...