Deaths from Hypertension

Deaths from Hypertension: 16,968 annual deaths from primary hypertension and hypertensive renal disease in 1999 USA (NVSR Sep 2001)

Death rate extrapolations for USA for Hypertension: 16,967 per year, 1,413 per month, 326 per week, 46 per day, 1 per hour, 0 per minute, 0 per second. Note: this automatic extrapolation calculation uses the deaths statistic: 16,968 annual deaths from primary hypertension and hypertensive renal disease in 1999 USA (NVSR Sep 2001)

Death statistics for Hypertension: The following are statistics from various sources about deaths and Hypertension:

• Causes 5 million premature deaths each year worldwide (WHO World Health Report, 2002)
• Causes 13% of global fatalities (WHO World Health Report, 2002)
• 19,250 people died from hypertension each year in the US 2001 (Deaths: Final Data for 2001, NCHS, CDC)
• 8.7 people per 100,000 population died from hypertension each year in the US 2001 (Deaths: Final Data for 2001, NCHS, CDC)

Deaths from Hypertension: medical news summaries: The following medical news items are relevant to death from Hypertension:

• 1.56 hypertension sufferers worldwide predicted by 2025
• Different hypertension drug therapy combinations pose different level of risk
• Diuretics are cheap and the benefits outweigh the risks
• People about to begin an exercise program as well as athletes need to be checked for heart abnormalities
• Pregnancy-induced hypertension predicts metabolic syndrome in later life.
• Resistant hypertension soon to be manageable
• Shortened life expectancy with hypertension
• Syndrome X in children
• Targeting high blood pressure in young men
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