(Reuters) — About 30 percent of Americans have high blood pressure — unchanged from 10 years ago — but many more know about it and are being treated for it, U.S. government researchers reported on Wednesday.
About 30 percent of Americans have high blood pressure, defined as systolic blood pressure or the “top” number of 140 or more and diastolic blood pressure or the “bottom” number of a reading of 90 or more, according to statistics compiled by Sung Sug (Sarah) Yoon, Yechiam Ostchega and Tatiana Louis of the National Center for Health Statistics.
That number has not changed since 1999 and percentages have stayed stable among men and women, all age groups, and for non-Hispanic white, non-Hispanic black, and Mexican-American adults.
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