Hypertension
(Data are for the U.S.)
Morbidity
- Percent of non-institutionalized adults ages 20 and over: 32% (2003-2006)
Source: Health, United States, 2008, Table 71
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
More data
- Hypertension Awareness, Treatment, and Control-Continued Disparities in Adults: United States, 2005-2006
- Health Data Interactive
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