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Hypertension occurs in around 0.2 to 3% of newborns; however, blood pressure is not measured routinely in healthy newborns. [42] Hypertension is more common in high risk newborns. A variety of factors, such as gestational age, postconceptional age and birth weight needs to be taken into account when deciding if a blood pressure is normal in a ...
Age-specific SEER incidence rates, 2003–2007. Examples of aging-associated diseases are atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease, cancer, arthritis, cataracts, osteoporosis, type 2 diabetes, hypertension and Alzheimer's disease. The incidence of all of these diseases increases exponentially with age. [78]
The frequency of hypertension, MS and obesity were higher in females than males; however, DM was higher in males than females. [17] According to the IDF, metabolic syndrome was prevalent in 16.1% of the Saudi Arabian population. [17] In Tunisia, metabolic syndrome incidence was 45.5% based on the IDF criteria.
Hypertension, another word for high blood pressure, is a major contributing factor to heart disease and stroke, which are leading causes of death worldwide. In the US, 1 in 5 adults with ...
Prolonged high blood pressure, or hypertension, can lead to severe complications such as heart disease, stroke, kidney failure and vision loss. Yet millions of Americans are living with elevated ...
Hypertension or high blood pressure affects at least 26.4% of the world's population. [15] Hypertensive heart disease is only one of several diseases attributable to high blood pressure. Other diseases caused by high blood pressure include ischemic heart disease, cancer, stroke, peripheral arterial disease, aneurysms and kidney disease.
In 2000, it was estimated that 1 billion people worldwide have hypertension, making it the most prevalent condition in the world. [5] Approximately 60 million Americans have chronic hypertension, with 1% of these individuals having an episode of hypertensive urgency.
Global Health Statistics: A Compendium of Incidence, Prevalence and Mortality Estimates for Over 200 Conditions (GBD 1990 volume 2) 1990: 1996: Harvard School of Public Health [49] Global Burden of Disease: A comprehensive assessment of mortality and disability from diseases, injuries, and risk factors in 1990 and projected to 2020 (GBD 1990 ...