Hypertension High blood pressure (hypertension) affects 20% of the general population and up to half of all individuals 70 years of age and older. Approximately one billion people currently have high blood pressure, and this number is expected to increase by more than fifty percent by the year 2025. Worldwide hypertension is the third leading cause of death and hypertension-related deaths are expected to rise drastically in the coming decades. Because hypertension is a major risk factor for developing cardiovascular disease, in 2002 it was named “the number one killer” by the World Health Organization (WHO), who also stated that the global disease burden attributable to hypertension causes : • 20% of all deaths in men and 24% of all deaths in women • 62% of strokes and 49% of coronary heart disease • 11% of disability adjusted life years (DALYs)
Posted on: Sun, 09 Nov 2014 16:03:58 +0000
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