This statistic shows the percentage of females with hypertension in the United States between 2015 and 2018, by age. In this period, 10.5 percent of all females between 20 and 34 years of age in the U.S. had hypertension.
Percentage of females with hypertension in the U.S. between 2015 and 2018, by age group
* 3Hypertension 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. These revised thresholds have been applied to all data years presented.
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US Department of Health and Human Services. (March 2, 2021). Percentage of females with hypertension in the U.S. between 2015 and 2018, by age group [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 09, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/186081/females-with-hypertension-in-the-us-by-age/
US Department of Health and Human Services. "Percentage of females with hypertension in the U.S. between 2015 and 2018, by age group." Chart. March 2, 2021. Statista. Accessed January 09, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/186081/females-with-hypertension-in-the-us-by-age/
US Department of Health and Human Services. (2021). Percentage of females with hypertension in the U.S. between 2015 and 2018, by age group. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 09, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/186081/females-with-hypertension-in-the-us-by-age/
US Department of Health and Human Services. "Percentage of Females with Hypertension in The U.S. between 2015 and 2018, by Age Group." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 Mar 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/186081/females-with-hypertension-in-the-us-by-age/
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