Hypertension

(Data are for the U.S.)

 

Morbidity

• Percent of non-institutionalized adults ages 20 and over with hypertension: 32% (2003-2006)

Source:  Health, United States, 2008, table 71

 

Health care use

Ambulatory care

• Number of ambulatory care visits (to physician offices, hospital outpatient and emergency departments) with hypertension as primary diagnosis: 40.5 million

Source: Ambulatory Medical Care Utilization Estimates for 2006, table 4

Nursing home care

• Number of residents with hypertension: 790,300
• Percent of residents with hypertension: 53%

Source: 2004 National Nursing Home Survey, Residents, table 33B

 

Mortality

• Number of deaths: 23,855
• Deaths per 100,000 population: 8.0

Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2006, tables 10, 11

 

More data

• Health Data Interactive (search on hypertension)
• Hypertension Awareness, Treatment, and Control-Continued Disparities in Adults: United States, 2005-2006
• Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2008
• Discharges in non-federal short stay hospitals by sex, age, and selected first-listed diagnoses Health, United States, 2008, table 103
• Discharge rate and average length of stay in non-federal short stay hospitals by sex, age, and selected first-listed diagnosis Health, United States, 2008, table 104