Hypertension
(Data are for U.S. for year indicated)
Morbidity
Percent
of non-institutionalized adults ages 20 and over: 31 (2001-2004)
Source:
Health, United States,
2007, Table 70
Health care use
Ambulatory care
Number
of visits to office-based physicians with hypertension as primary
diagnosis: 35.7 million
Source: National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2006 Summary, Table 12
Number
of visits to hospital outpatient departments with hypertension as
primary diagnosis: 3.9 million
Source: National Hospital Ambulatory
Medical Care Survey: 2006 Outpatient Summary, Table 10
Home health care
Number
of current patients with hypertension as primary diagnosis: 41,900
Percent
of current patients with hypertension as primary diagnosis: 3.1
Source:
2000 National Home and Hospice Care
Survey, Table 12
Nursing home care
Number
of residents with hypertension: 481,800
Percent
of residents with hypertension: 30
Average
length of stay for discharges with hypertension as primary diagnosis: 494
days
Source: National Nursing Home
Survey: 1999 Summary, Tables 27, 58
Mortality
Number
of deaths: 24,902
Deaths per
100,000 population: 8.4
Source: Deaths:
Final Data for 2005, Tables 10, 11
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Nursing Home Survey
National Center for
Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
National Heart, Lung
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December 17, 2008
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