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