Status: Baseline only
Most Recent Data:
16.1
percent
(2017-20) *
Desired Direction:
Increase desired
Baseline:
16.1 percent of adults aged 18 years and over with high blood pressure/hypertension had it under control in 2017-20 *
* Age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population.
High blood pressure (hypertension) is the main risk factor for cardiovascular disease, including heart disease and stroke. High blood pressure usually has no warning signs or symptoms, and many people don’t know they have it. Measuring your blood pressure is the only way to know whether you have high blood pressure. A community health worker-focused, team-based model of care is one strategy to improve blood pressure control by actively engaging patients in their own care and educating them on medication use and lifestyle changes. Such interventions can improve health, reduce health disparities, and promote health equity when they’re implemented in under-resourced communities.
In 2017–2020, 16.1 percent of adults aged 18 years and over with hypertension (high blood pressure) had it under control. *
Disparities in rates of blood pressure control by age group: Highest/lowest rate * ‡
Disparities in rates of blood pressure control by age group: All groups * ‡
In 2017–2020, adults aged 65 years and over with hypertension had the highest group rate of blood pressure control (29.8 percent).
- The highest group rate was 17.7 percent higher than the rate of blood pressure control among adults aged 45–64 years with hypertension (25.3 percent).
- The highest group rate was more than 4.5 times the rate of blood pressure control among adults aged 18–44 years with hypertension (6.5 percent).
