Share of deaths due to high systolic blood pressure worldwide, 1990 & 2019, by cause

In 2019, one in five of all global deaths was attributable to high systolic blood pressure, an increase from 15 percent in 1990. Ischaemic heart disease was the leading cause of death from high systolic blood pressure at that time. This statistic shows the share of deaths attributable to high systolic blood pressure worldwide in 1990 and 2019, by cause of death.