Hypertension: Causes, Symptoms and Treatments
Written by Markus MacGillReviewed by Mon 18 April 2016
Last updated: Mon 12 September 2016
The number of people living with hypertension (high blood pressure) is predicted to be 1.56 billion worldwide by the year 2025.1
In the US, around 75 million people have hypertension, with more people dying of hypertension-related cardiovascular disease than from the next three deadliest diseases combined.10
In 2011-2012 in the US, about a third of all people over the age of 20 years had hypertension, based on high blood pressure assessments and the number of people taking antihypertensive medications.2
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