TABLE 3.
Prevalence (%) of ever measured blood pressure, prehypertension and raised blood pressure among Indian districts (20 Good performers and 20 bad performers) (National Family Health Survey-5, India, 2019–2021).
| Prevalence of ever measured blood pressure | Prevalence of prehypertension | Prevalence of raised blood pressure | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good performers | |||||||||
| Sl. No | State name | District name | Percentage (%) | State name | District name | Percentage (%) | State name | District name | Percentage (%) |
| 1 | Puducherry | Mahe | 98.5 | Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal | 15.6 | Rajasthan | Barmer | 4.1 |
| 2 | Puducherry | Yanam | 94.2 | Bihar | Purnia | 16.3 | Uttar Pradesh | Kaushambi | 5.1 |
| 3 | Kerala | Kannur | 93.6 | Bihar | Katihar | 17 | Madhya Pradesh | Tikamgarh | 5.8 |
| 4 | Tamil Nadu | Tiruppur | 93.5 | Bihar | Vaishali | 17.2 | Rajasthan | Jalor | 6.0 |
| 5 | Tamil Nadu | Coimbatore | 93.3 | Bihar | Begusarai | 17.6 | Madhya Pradesh | Agar Malwa | 6.2 |
| 6 | Kerala | Kozhikode | 92.3 | Karnataka | Bagalkot | 18.6 | Gujarat | Jamnagar | 6.8 |
| 7 | Kerala | Malappuram | 92.2 | Karnataka | Davanagere | 19.5 | Gujarat | Botad | 6.9 |
| 8 | Kerala | Wayanad | 91.8 | Goa | North Goa | 19.9 | Rajasthan | Baran | 7.2 |
| 9 | Tamil Nadu | Salem | 91.6 | Bihar | Madhepura | 20.1 | Haryana | Gurgaon | 7.3 |
| 10 | Goa | South Goa | 91.5 | Bihar | Kishanganj | 20.4 | Madhya Pradesh | Khandwa (East Nimar) | 7.5 |
| 11 | Tamil Nadu | Theni | 91.4 | Madhya Pradesh | Agar Malwa | 20.7 | Rajasthan | Jaisalmer | 7.5 |
| 12 | Punjab | Gurdaspur | 91.1 | Bihar | Khagaria | 20.7 | Madhya Pradesh | Singrauli | 7.7 |
| 13 | Lakshadweep | Lakshadweep | 90.8 | Karnataka | Yadgir | 20.9 | Rajasthan | Jhalawar | 7.7 |
| 14 | Punjab | Ludhiana | 90.7 | Goa | Overall Goa | 21 | Rajasthan | Karauli | 7.9 |
| 15 | Kerala | Kasaragod | 90.5 | Tamil Nadu | Thiruvallur | 21.2 | Gujarat | Amreli | 8.2 |
| 16 | Tamil Nadu | Dindigul | 90.3 | Telangana | Siddipet | 21.2 | Karnataka | Yadgir | 8.2 |
| 17 | Tamil Nadu | The Nilgiris | 90.3 | West Bengal | Bankura | 21.3 | Madhya Pradesh | Raisen | 8.2 |
| 18 | Kerala | Pathanamthitta | 90.2 | West Bengal | South Twenty-Four Parganas | 21.3 | Gujarat | Surendranagar | 8.4 |
| 19 | Mizoram | Aizawl | 90.2 | Bihar | Araria | 21.4 | Jammu and Kashmir | Kathua | 8.6 |
| 20 | NCT Of Delhi | Southwest | 90.1 | Telangana | Medak | 21.4 | Jammu and Kashmir | Shupiyan | 8.7 |
| Bad performers | |||||||||
| Sl. NO | State name | District name | Percentage (%) | State name | District name | Percentage (%) | State name | District name | Percentage (%) |
| 1 | Meghalaya | East Garo Hills | 30.3 | Jammu and Kashmir | Rajouri | 63.4 | Sikkim | North District | 38.6 |
| 2 | Madhya Pradesh | Khargone (West Nimar) | 32.2 | Meghalaya | South Garo Hills | 56.8 | Punjab | Bathinda | 38.5 |
| 3 | Meghalaya | North Garo Hills | 33.2 | Jammu and Kashmir | Anantnag | 55.8 | Punjab | Firozpur | 35.2 |
| 4 | Madhya Pradesh | Alirajpur | 33.8 | Rajasthan | Barmer | 55.3 | Sikkim | South District | 35.0 |
| 5 | Chhattisgarh | Kodagaon | 36.4 | Ladakh | Leh (Ladakh) | 54.3 | Punjab | Faridkot | 33.0 |
| 6 | Chhattisgarh | Narayanpur | 38.2 | Arunachal Pradesh | Dibang Valley | 53.2 | Tamil Nadu | Madurai | 31.4 |
| 7 | Meghalaya | South Garo Hills | 38.9 | Uttar Pradesh | Hamirpur | 52.8 | Arunachal Pradesh | Dibang Valley | 30.5 |
| 8 | Chhattisgarh | Bastar | 39.1 | Jammu and Kashmir | Punch | 52.4 | Haryana | Kurukshetra | 30.3 |
| 9 | Nagaland | Tuensang | 39.4 | Madhya Pradesh | Alirajpur | 52.3 | Uttar Pradesh | Gonda | 30.2 |
| 10 | Gujarat | Kheda | 39.4 | Sikkim | West District | 52.3 | Arunachal Pradesh | West Siang | 29.9 |
| 11 | Odisha | Mayurbhanj | 40.0 | Jharkhand | Gumla | 51.8 | Arunachal Pradesh | Papum Pare | 29.8 |
| 12 | Gujarat | Botad | 40.9 | Meghalaya | East Garo Hills | 51.7 | Punjab | Moga | 29.4 |
| 13 | Uttar Pradesh | Sant Kabir Nagar | 41.1 | Uttar Pradesh | Shamli | 51.6 | Arunachal Pradesh | Tawang | 29.3 |
| 14 | Meghalaya | Southwest Garo Hills | 41.2 | Rajasthan | Banswara | 51.5 | Arunachal Pradesh | Lower Subansiri | 29.3 |
| 15 | Maharashtra | Nandurbar | 41.6 | Rajasthan | Udaipur | 51.5 | Haryana | Yamunanagar | 29.2 |
| 16 | Uttar Pradesh | Shrawasti | 41.8 | Puducherry | Mahe | 51.5 | Arunachal Pradesh | East Siang | 29.1 |
| 17 | Maharashtra | Jalgaon | 41.9 | Rajasthan | Nagaur | 51.4 | Tamil Nadu | Ramanathapuram | 29.0 |
| 18 | Gujarat | Dohad | 42.0 | Arunachal Pradesh | Anjaw | 51.2 | Punjab | Gurdaspur | 28.7 |
| 19 | Odisha | Nuapada | 42.1 | Uttar Pradesh | Saharanpur | 51.1 | Arunachal Pradesh | Upper Subansiri | 28.7 |
| 20 | West Bengal | Puruliya | 42.3 | Jharkhand | Khunti | 51.1 | Punjab | Mansa | 28.4 |