Table 7. Crude and age-standardized incidence (per 1000 person-years) of hypertension in China during 1993–2015.
| Sex | 1993–1997 | 2000–2009 | 2011–2015 |
| Total | |||
| Cases (person-years) | 1114 (35,486) | 2571 (70,575) | 1434 (29,492) |
| Crude incidence (95% CI) | 31.3 (29.6–33.2) | 36.4 (35.0–37.8) | 48.6 (46.1–51.2) |
| Age-standardized incidence (95% CI) | 40.8 (38.3–43.4) | 41.5 (39.9–43.2) | 48.6 (46.1–51.0) |
| Male | |||
| Cases (person-years) | 594 (17,530) | 1292 (32,524) | 699 (12,532) |
| Crude incidence (95% CI) | 33.8 (31.2–36.7) | 39.7 (37.6–41.9) | 55.7 (51.7–60.0) |
| Age-standardized incidence (95% CI) | 46.2 (42.1–50.4) | 45.7 (43.0–48.3) | 55.7 (51.7–59.7) |
| Female | |||
| Cases (person-years) | 520 (17,956) | 1279 (38,051) | 735 (16,960) |
| Crude incidence (95% CI) | 28.9 (26.5–31.5) | 33.6 (31.8–35.5) | 43.3 (40.3–46.5) |
| Age-standardized incidence (95% CI) | 36.5 (33.2–39.7) | 38.0 (35.9–40.1) | 43.3 (40.2–46.3) |