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Hypertension
Data are for the U.S.
Morbidity
- Percent of adults age 20 and older with hypertension (measured high blood pressure and/or taking antihypertensive medication): 49.4% (2017-March 2020)
Source: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Published by: Health, United States. Table Htn and NCHS Data Query System.
Physician office visits
- Number of visits to physician offices with essential hypertension as the primary diagnosis: 56.8 million
- Percent of visits to physician offices with essential hypertension indicated on the medical record: 33.2%
Source: National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2019 National Summary Tables, tables 14, 16 [PDF – 865 KB]
Emergency department visits
- Number of visits to emergency departments with essential hypertension as the primary diagnosis: 1.3 million
Mortality
- Number of deaths from essential hypertension and hypertensive renal disease: 43,293
- Deaths per 100,000 population from essential hypertension and hypertensive renal disease: 13.0
Source: National Vital Statistics System – Mortality Data (2022) via CDC WONDER
More data
- Trends in Hypertension from Health, United States
- Health, United States – Topic Page: Hypertension
- Tables of Summary Health Statistics from the National Health Interview Survey
- Hypertension Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, and Control Among Adults Age 18 and Older: United States, August 2021–August 2023
- Hypertension Prevalence Among Adults Ages 18 and Older: United States, 2017-2018
- Hypertension Prevalence, Treatment, and Control Among Adults: Los Angeles County and the United States, 2015-2018
- Urban-rural Differences in Visits to Office-based Physicians by Adults With Hypertension: United States, 2014-2016 [PDF – 276 KB]
- Hypertension Prevalence and Control Among Adults: United States, 2015–2016