Blood pressure levels and hypertension in persons ages 6-74 years: United States, 1976-80

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• Description:
  Hypertension or substantially elevated blood pres­sure is one of the more prevalent chronic conditions lmownto increase the risk ofdevelopingcirculatory diseases, particularly heart disease and stroke. Circulaory diseases are the leading cause of death and of hospitalization in the United States. This report presents national estimates for blood pressure levels, the prevalence of known and previously undiagnosed hyperten­ sion, and the extent of use of antihypertensive medication in the general U.S. population during the period 1976–80. The data are from the second National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, which used a probability cross-sectional sample of the civilian non-institutionalized population ages 6–74 years in the United States, including Alaska and Hawaii. Trends since 1960 in the extent of treatment awareness, and control among those with hypertension are also shown.
  
  PMID: 10257286
  
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• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Aged Blood Pressure Child Health Surveys Humans Hypertension/Epidemiology Middle Aged
• Source:
  Advance data from Vital and Health Statistics of the National Center for Health Statistics ; no. 84 ; DHEW publication ; no. (PHS) 82-1250
• Series:
  Vital and Health Statistics Series
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Statistics ; Report
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• CIO:
  National Center for Health Statistics
• Topic:
  Health Statistics
• Issue:
  84
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics
• Main Document Checksum:
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