eTable 3. Proportion of persons with newly diagnosed hypertension from 2017 to 2023, who were prescribed medication (ATC-Codes: C02, C03, C07, C08, or C09) in the first year of treatment, stratified according to age group and sex in %.

	2017		2018		2019		2020		2021		2022		2023
	in %	[95% Cl]	in %	[95% Cl]	in %	[95% Cl]	in %	[95% Cl]	in %	[95% Cl]	in %	[95% Cl]	in %	[95% Cl]
Total
All age groups	79.3	[79.0; 79.6]	78.9	[78.6; 79.2]	79.6	[79.3; 80.0]	80.2	[79.8; 80.5]	78.3	[78.0; 78.7]	81.1	[80.7; 81.4]	83.4	[83.1; 83.7]
<18 years	36.7	[32.9; 40.6]	37.7	[33.9; 41.8]	35.7	[31.7; 39.9]	33.5	[29.6; 37.8]	34.5	[30.6; 38.6]	36.1	[31.9; 40.5]	39.3	[34.8; 44.0]
18–29 years	64.1	[62.2; 66.0]	62.8	[60.9; 64.7]	63.3	[61.4; 65.2]	63.9	[61.8; 66.0]	66.0	[64.0; 68.0]	67.9	[65.9; 69.9]	69.8	[67.6; 71.9]
30–39 years	71.5	[70.2; 72.7]	70.6	[69.3; 72.0]	72.7	[71.4; 74.0]	73.1	[71.8; 74.4]	71.5	[70.2; 72.8]	74.0	[72.7; 75.3]	78.5	[77.2; 79.7]
40–49 years	78.5	[77.7; 79.3]	78.5	[77.7; 79.4]	79.8	[78.9; 80.6]	81.1	[80.3; 82.0]	78.3	[77.4; 79.2]	80.7	[79.9; 81.6]	83.2	[82.3; 84.1]
50–59 years	81.3	[80.6; 81.9]	80.4	[79.8; 81.0]	81.4	[80.8; 82.0]	82.2	[81.5; 82.8]	80.0	[79.4; 80.7]	82.6	[82.0; 83.2]	85.4	[84.8; 86.1]
60–69 years	81.6	[80.8; 82.3]	82.1	[81.4; 82.8]	82.1	[81.4; 82.8]	82.4	[81.6; 83.1]	80.0	[79.3; 80.7]	83.2	[82.5; 83.9]	85.5	[84.8; 86.1]
70–79 years	84.3	[83.5; 85.1]	83.5	[82.6; 84.3]	83.6	[82.7; 84.4]	83.8	[82.9; 84.6]	81.7	[80.8; 82.6]	85.3	[84.5; 86.2]	86.1	[85.2; 86.9]
> 80 years	86.5	[85.4; 87.6]	86.8	[85.7; 87.9]	86.4	[85.3; 87.5]	85.3	[84.1; 86.4]	84.5	[83.3; 85.6]	86.7	[85.7; 87.7]	86.4	[85.3; 87.5]
Female
All age groups	79.9	[79.4; 80.3]	79.7	[79.2; 80.2]	80.2	[79.7; 80.7]	80.4	[79.9; 80.9]	79.2	[78.7; 79.7]	82.3	[81.9; 82.8]	83.9	[83.4; 84.3]
<18 years	39.9	[33.7; 46.5]	36.1	[29.9; 42.9]	37.9	[31.4; 44.9]	31.7	[25.5; 38.6]	38.2	[32.1; 44.7]	40.8	[33.5; 48.5]	39.3	[32.4; 46.5]
18–29 years	64.4	[61.4; 67.3]	63.3	[60.2; 66.3]	64.5	[61.5; 67.3]	64.2	[60.8; 67.4]	68.2	[64.9; 71.3]	69.6	[66.3; 72.8]	70.3	[66.6; 73.6]
30–39 years	72.6	[70.7; 74.5]	71.9	[69.8; 73.9]	72.7	[70.6; 74.7]	72.7	[70.6; 74.8]	72.3	[70.2; 74.4]	76.5	[74.4; 78.4]	78.4	[76.3; 80.3]
40–49 years	78.8	[77.6 – 80.0]	79.2	[77.9; 80.4]	80.2	[78.9; 81.5]	81.3	[80.0; 82.6]	78.7	[77.3; 80.0]	81.9	[80.5; 83.1]	84.3	[83.0; 85.5]
50–59 years	80.9	[79.9; 81.8]	79.6	[78.6; 80.5]	81.0	[80.1; 81.9]	82.0	[81.0; 83.0]	79.8	[78.8; 80.8]	83.1	[82.2; 84.0]	85.1	[84.2; 86.0]
60–69 years	81.0	[80.0 – 82.0]	81.8	[80.8; 82.8]	81.6	[80.6; 82.6]	81.7	[80.6; 82.7]	80.2	[79.2; 81.2]	82.7	[81.7; 83.7]	85.0	[84.1; 85.9]
70–79 years	84.6	[83.5; 85.6]	84.2	[83.0; 85.3]	83.4	[82.2; 84.5]	83.3	[82.1; 84.4]	82.5	[81.4; 83.6]	85.8	[84.7; 86.9]	85.9	[84.8; 87.0]
> 80 years	86.5	[84.9; 87.9]	88.3	[86.9; 89.6]	87.8	[86.3; 89.1]	85.4	[83.9; 86.8]	85.2	[83.7; 86.6]	87.6	[86.3; 88.9]	87.1	[85.7; 88.4]
Male
All age groups	78.8	[78.4; 79.3]	78.2	[77.7; 78.6]	79.2	[78.7; 79.6]	80.0	[79.5; 80.5]	77.5	[77.0; 78.0]	80.0	[79.5; 80.4]	83.0	[82.5; 83.5]
<18 years	34.8	[30.2; 39.7]	38.6	[33.8; 43.7]	34.4	[29.5; 39.6]	34.6	[29.6; 40.0]	32.0	[27.1; 37.3]	33.7	[28.6; 39.1]	39.4	[33.5; 45.5]
18–29 years	63.9	[61.5; 66.3]	62.5	[60.1; 64.9]	62.5	[60.0; 64.9]	63.7	[61.0; 66.3]	64.7	[62.1; 67.1]	66.9	[64.3; 69.4]	69.5	[66.8; 72.1]
30–39 years	70.7	[69.0; 72.3]	69.8	[68.0; 71.5]	72.8	[71.1; 74.4]	73.4	[71.6; 75.1]	71.0	[69.3; 72.6]	72.3	[70.6; 74.0]	78.5	[76.8; 80.1]
40–49 years	78.3	[77.2; 79.3]	78.0	[76.8; 79.1]	79.4	[78.3; 80.5]	81.0	[79.8; 82.1]	78.0	[76.8; 79.1]	79.9	[78.7; 81.0]	82.4	[81.2; 83.6]
50–59 years	81.6	[80.8; 82.4]	81.1	[80.2; 81.9]	81.7	[80.9; 82.5]	82.3	[81.4; 83.1]	80.2	[79.3; 81.0]	82.2	[81.3; 83.0]	85.7	[84.8; 86.5]
60–69 years	82.2	[81.1; 83.1]	82.3	[81.3; 83.3]	82.7	[81.7; 83.6]	83.1	[82.0; 84.0]	79.7	[78.7; 80.7]	83.8	[82.7; 84.7]	86.0	[85.1; 86.9]
70–79 years	83.9	[82.7; 85.1]	82.6	[81.3; 83.9]	83.7	[82.4; 84.9]	84.4	[83.0; 85.6]	80.6	[79.2; 82.0]	84.7	[83.4; 86.0]	86.4	[85.0; 87.6]
> 80 years	86.6	[84.8; 88.2]	84.6	[82.7; 86.3]	84.4	[82.5; 86.1]	85.0	[83.2; 86.7]	83.5	[81.6; 85.2]	85.3	[83.6; 87.0]	85.4	[83.6; 87.1]

Cl, confidence interval