High blood pressure is also known as hypertension. Blood pressure is the amount of force exerted against the walls of the arteries as blood flows through them.
If a person has high blood pressure it means that the walls of the arteries are receiving too much pressure repeatedly - the pressure needs to be chronically elevated for a diagnosis of hypertension to be confirmed. In medicine chronic means for a sustained period; persistent.
High blood pressure statistics
In the USA approximately 72 million people have high blood pressure - about 1 in every 3 adults, according to the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) estimates that about two-thirds of people over the age of 65 in the USA have high blood
If a person has high blood pressure it means that the walls of the arteries are receiving too much pressure repeatedly - the pressure needs to be chronically elevated for a diagnosis of hypertension to be confirmed. In medicine chronic means for a sustained period; persistent.
High blood pressure statistics
In the USA approximately 72 million people have high blood pressure - about 1 in every 3 adults, according to the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) estimates that about two-thirds of people over the age of 65 in the USA have high blood