Table 2.
Prevalence of hypertension among men and women age 15 and over, according to state/union territory, India, 2019-21
| Men | Women | Overall | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State code | State Name | Prevalence of hypertension (%) | Weighted sample | Prevalence of hypertension (%) | Weighted sample | Prevalence of hypertension (%) | Weighted sample |
| - | India | 24.1 | 7,85,611 | 21.2 | 9,22,631 | 22.6 | 17,08,241 |
| 1 | Jammu & Kashmir | 21.8 | 4,221 | 22.3 | 5,334 | 22.1 | 9,555 |
| 2 | Himachal Pradesh | 24.4 | 4,786 | 22.2 | 5,820 | 23.2 | 10,606 |
| 3 | Punjab | 37.9 | 17,093 | 31.1 | 19,628 | 34.2 | 36,721 |
| 4 | Chandigarh | 29.8 | 418 | 25.2 | 579 | 27.1 | 997 |
| 5 | Uttarakhand | 32.3 | 5,307 | 23.0 | 7,338 | 26.9 | 12,645 |
| 6 | Haryana | 25.3 | 15,976 | 21.0 | 18,133 | 23.0 | 34,109 |
| 7 | NCT of Delhi | 32.8 | 10,580 | 24.1 | 12,686 | 28.0 | 23,266 |
| 8 | Rajasthan | 17.9 | 49,200 | 15.3 | 57,232 | 16.5 | 1,06,431 |
| 9 | Uttar Pradesh | 21.8 | 1,20,851 | 18.3 | 1,47,465 | 19.9 | 2,68,317 |
| 10 | Bihar | 18.4 | 59,480 | 15.9 | 80,176 | 17.0 | 1,39,657 |
| 11 | Sikkim | 41.4 | 336 | 34.6 | 374 | 37.9 | 710 |
| 12 | Arunachal Pradesh | 33.2 | 683 | 24.9 | 730 | 28.9 | 1,413 |
| 13 | Nagaland | 29.5 | 682 | 23.7 | 730 | 26.5 | 1,412 |
| 14 | Manipur | 33.6 | 1,469 | 23.2 | 1,719 | 28.0 | 3,187 |
| 15 | Mizoram | 25.0 | 768 | 17.8 | 806 | 21.3 | 1,574 |
| 16 | Tripura | 23.1 | 2,731 | 21.1 | 2,972 | 22.0 | 5,702 |
| 17 | Meghalaya | 21.8 | 1,635 | 18.9 | 1,881 | 20.3 | 3,516 |
| 18 | Assam | 21.2 | 18,488 | 19.7 | 20,849 | 20.4 | 39,337 |
| 19 | West Bengal | 20.1 | 58,123 | 20.2 | 66,542 | 20.2 | 1,24,665 |
| 20 | Jharkhand | 22.4 | 20,732 | 17.7 | 24,540 | 19.9 | 45,272 |
| 21 | Odisha | 25.6 | 27,723 | 22.3 | 33,843 | 23.8 | 61,566 |
| 22 | Chhattisgarh | 27.6 | 21,432 | 23.5 | 23,156 | 25.5 | 44,589 |
| 23 | Madhya Pradesh | 22.5 | 48,164 | 20.4 | 53,621 | 21.4 | 1,01,785 |
| 24 | Gujarat | 20.1 | 45,240 | 20.3 | 46,424 | 20.2 | 91,664 |
| 25 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | 17.2 | 275 | 16.4 | 262 | 16.8 | 537 |
| 27 | Maharashtra | 24.1 | 79,139 | 22.7 | 86,757 | 23.4 | 1,65,896 |
| 28 | Andhra Pradesh | 29.2 | 33,584 | 25.4 | 38,992 | 27.2 | 72,576 |
| 29 | Karnataka | 28.6 | 38,901 | 26.0 | 45,642 | 27.2 | 84,542 |
| 30 | Goa | 35.9 | 454 | 32.0 | 655 | 33.6 | 1,110 |
| 31 | Lakshadweep | 24.9 | 49 | 24.7 | 64 | 24.8 | 113 |
| 32 | Kerala | 32.3 | 21,898 | 30.1 | 28,555 | 31.1 | 50,452 |
| 33 | Tamil Nadu | 30.1 | 54,849 | 24.8 | 64,821 | 27.2 | 1,19,670 |
| 34 | Puducherry | 30.1 | 849 | 22.8 | 1,021 | 26.1 | 1,870 |
| 35 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 29.7 | 275 | 24.9 | 279 | 27.3 | 554 |
| 36 | Telangana | 31.5 | 19,127 | 26.1 | 22,894 | 28.6 | 42,021 |
| 37 | Ladakh | 19.9 | 93 | 17.5 | 109 | 18.6 | 202 |