Research
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Hypertension prevalence and mortality burden are significantly higher in low- and middle-income countries compared to high-income countries, with deaths attributable to high blood pressure increasing in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.
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In 2015, an estimated 8.5 million deaths were attributable to systolic blood pressure >115 mmHg, 88% of which were in low-income and middle-income countries.
Why this rating
Based on comprehensive global estimates from NCD-RisC pooling 1,479 studies.
Source
Global epidemiology, health burden and effective interventions for elevated blood pressure and hypertension
Bin Zhou et al. · Nature Reviews Cardiology · 2021
DOI 10.1038/s41569-021-00559-8
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