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More And More Younger Adults Taking Medication For High Blood Pressure
While the percentage of Americans who have high blood pressure has remained steady over the past decade at 30 percent, the number of younger adults (18 to 39 years) who have high blood pressure and take medication to treat it has significantly increased from 27.6 percent, according to the report Recent Trends in the Prevalence of High Blood Pressure and its Treatment and Control, 19992008.
Overall, the prevalence of high blood pressure among U.S. adults did not change over the last decade (19992008). However, there have been significant increases in high blood pressure awareness, treatment, and control among persons with high blood pressure over this same time period.
The lack of change in the prevalence of high blood pressure from 19992000 through 20072008 was consistent among all population subgroups defined by sex, age, and race and ethnicity. Among adults with high blood pressure, there were increasing trends in the proportion who were aware of their condition among most demographic subgroups; the exceptions were those aged 1839 years and Mexican-American adults. The percentage who were treated with medication to control their blood pressure increased from 19992000 through 20072008 for all groups except those aged 4059 years. The percentage whose blood pressure was controlled increased among all population subgroups over this time period, the report said.
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