High Blood Pressure Statistics WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on High Blood Pressure Statistics
High blood pressure statistics can be found online. About 73.6 million people in America that are over the age of 19 have high blood pressure. Almost 79 percent of people with high blood pressure are aware of their condition.1
Fast Facts:
- Blood pressure is the force of blood circulating on the walls of the blood vessels.2
- Blood pressure is a key vital sign.2
- While blood pressure is normally taken at the upper arm, it can be taken at other places of the body.2
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Research Notes References
- ↑ American Heart Association: High Blood Pressure Statistics
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Wikipedia: Blood Pressure
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- Contributor: Jacky Gamble
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 15, 2009
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- Contributor: Jacky Gamble
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Statistics About High Blood Pressure, How Many People Have High Blood Pressure, How Common is High Blood Pressure, How Many People Die from High Blood Pressure, Hypertension Statistics
- Last update: May 7, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
