Add to ORKGHigh blood pressure is the most common modifiable risk factor for cardiovasculardisease and the leading cause of mortality. Analysis of world wide data indicates that 972million persons had hypertension in 2000 and is predicted that 1.56 billion people willhave high blood pressure in 2025. In this chapter we discuss the prevalence, awareness,treatment and control rates of hypertension according to countries/regions, gender, ageand race/ethnicity
Background Hypertension can be detected at the primary health-care level and low-cost treatments can...
Background Hypertension can be detected at the primary health-care level and low-cost treatments can...
Hypertension is a major global health problem, but prevalence rates vary widely among regions. To de...
It is well established that hypertension is an important risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Dat...
Background Hypertension can be detected at the primary health-care level and low-cost treatments can...
Background Hypertension can be detected at the primary health-care level and low-cost treatments can...
Hypertension is a major global health problem, but prevalence rates vary widely among regions. To de...
It is well established that hypertension is an important risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Dat...
Background Hypertension can be detected at the primary health-care level and low-cost treatments can...
Background Hypertension can be detected at the primary health-care level and low-cost treatments can...
Hypertension is a major global health problem, but prevalence rates vary widely among regions. To de...