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Hypertension Epidemiology
Adult hypertension in United States on the increase
December 12th, 2004
Adult hypertension in the United States is increasing. According to recent research from the United States, "This study aims to estimate the absolute number of persons with hypertension (the hypertension burden) and time trends using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey of United States resident adults who had hypertension in 1999 to 2000. This information is vitally important for health policy, medical care, and public health strategy and resource allocation. At least 65 million adults had hypertension in 1999 to 2000." "The total hypertension prevalence rate was 31.3%," said Larry E. Fields at the Department of Health and...
Source: Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA (2004-12-12)
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