Persons with hypertension in the U.S. 1988-2018 by gender

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John Elflein,
Jan 24, 2023
This statistic shows the percentage of persons with hypertension in the U.S. in selected periods between 1988 and 2018. In the period 1988-1994, 49.4 percent of all males 20 years of age and over in the U.S. had hypertension.

Percentage of persons with hypertension in the U.S. in periods between 1988 and 2018, by gender*

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Release date

March 2021

Region

United States

Survey time period

1988 to 2018

Age group

20 years and older

Supplementary notes

* Hypertension is having measured high blood pressure or taking high blood pressure medication. High blood pressure is defined as having measured systolic pressure of at least 130 mm Hg or diastolic pressure of at least 80 mm Hg. Those taking high blood pressure medication may not have measured high blood pressure but are still classified as having hypertension. Pregnant women are excluded.
In 2017, the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association Task Force recommended adopting lower thresholds of high blood pressure. For systolic blood pressure, the threshold was lowered from 140 mm Hg to 130 mm Hg, and for diastolic blood pressure, from 90 mm Hg to 80 mm Hg.

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