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Prevalence of Self-Reported Hypertension and Antihypertensive Medication Use Among Adults Aged ≥18 Years — United States, 2011–2015
- Source :
- Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Centers for Disease Control MMWR Office, 2018.
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Abstract
- Hypertension, which affects nearly one third of adults in the United States, is a major risk factor for heart disease and stroke (1), and only approximately half of those with hypertension have their hypertension under control (2). The prevalence of hypertension is highest among non-Hispanic blacks, whereas the prevalence of antihypertensive medication use is lowest among Hispanics (1). Geographic variations have also been identified: a recent report indicated that the Southern region of the United States had the highest prevalence of hypertension as well as the highest prevalence of medication use (3). Using data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), this study found minimal change in state-level prevalence of hypertension awareness and treatment among U.S. adults during the first half of the current decade. From 2011 to 2015, the age-standardized prevalence of self-reported hypertension decreased slightly, from 30.1% to 29.8% (p = 0.031); among those with hypertension, the age-standardized prevalence of medication use also decreased slightly, from 63.0% to 61.8% (p
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Health (social science)
Adolescent
Epidemiology
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Prevalence
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
Young Adult
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Health Information Management
Humans
Medicine
Full Report
030212 general & internal medicine
Risk factor
Stroke
Antihypertensive Agents
Aged
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
business.industry
Public health
General Medicine
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
United States
Blood pressure
Hypertension
Female
Self Report
business
Risk assessment
Demography
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1545861X and 01492195
- Volume :
- 67
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....d0ff6fc3043a2081afac56cbbf022f90