Death rates among people with high blood pressure continue to decrease, but still remain far higher than people without the condition. According to the U.S. Public Health Service at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, drugs to reduce blood pressure are widely available, but a large gap still exists between people with hypertension and those without it.
Among American adults between the ages of 25 and 74, the overall death rate was 18.8 percent for those with hypertension, which is 42 percent higher than those with normal blood pressure. The good news is that the mortality rate fell by more than 14 percent between hypertensive participants recruited by researchers between 1988 and 1994 versus those recruited between 1971 and 1975. This is 57 percent higher than those without high blood pressure.
Men are still more likely to die from high blood pressure complications, but mortality rates among hypertensive men fell more than four times compared to women with the condition. The researchers said in a statement that compared with men with high blood pressure, hypertensive women gained more weight, were more likely to be diagnosed with diabetes and were less likely to quit smoking.
A full report on the study appears in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
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