Table 1.
Prevalence of diagnosis and treatment rates by age for hypertension, hypercholesterolaemia and both conditions in the HSE and in THIN in 1998 and 2003 and in THIN alone in 2006
| Hypertension | Hypercholesterolaemia | Concurrent hypertension and hypercholesterolaemia | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diagnosed | Treated | Diagnosed | Treated | Diagnosed | Treated | ||||||||
| Total patients | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| HSE 1998 | |||||||||||||
| Men | |||||||||||||
| Age (years) | |||||||||||||
| 16–24 | 364 | 69 | 19.0 | 81 | 22.2 | 20 | 5.5 | ||||||
| 25–34 | 791 | 153 | 19.3 | 3 | 0.4 | 390 | 49.3 | 2 | 0.2 | 88 | 11.1 | ||
| 35–44 | 849 | 221 | 26.0 | 22 | 2.6 | 604 | 71.1 | 7 | 0.8 | 179 | 21.1 | 4 | 0.5 |
| 45–54 | 830 | 343 | 41.3 | 52 | 6.3 | 653 | 78.7 | 24 | 2.9 | 283 | 34.1 | 8 | 1.0 |
| 55–64 | 647 | 389 | 60.1 | 112 | 17.3 | 543 | 83.9 | 49 | 7.6 | 330 | 51.0 | 11 | 1.7 |
| 65–74 | 570 | 400 | 70.2 | 119 | 20.9 | 454 | 79.6 | 36 | 6.3 | 329 | 57.7 | 10 | 1.8 |
| 75+ | 349 | 257 | 73.6 | 80 | 22.9 | 249 | 71.4 | 3 | 0.9 | 193 | 55.3 | ||
| All ages | 4 400 | 1 832 | 41.6 | 388 | 8.8 | 2 974 | 67.6 | 121 | 2.8 | 1 422 | 32.3 | 33 | 0.8 |
| Women | |||||||||||||
| Age (years) | |||||||||||||
| 16–24 | 397 | 17 | 4.3 | 1 | 0.2 | 103 | 25.9 | 8 | 2.0 | ||||
| 25–34 | 850 | 56 | 6.6 | 3 | 0.4 | 380 | 44.7 | 29 | 3.4 | ||||
| 35–44 | 959 | 126 | 13.1 | 23 | 2.4 | 564 | 58.8 | 3 | 0.3 | 96 | 10.0 | ||
| 45–54 | 989 | 306 | 30.9 | 61 | 6.2 | 729 | 73.7 | 11 | 1.1 | 251 | 25.4 | 2 | 0.2 |
| 55–64 | 728 | 359 | 49.3 | 101 | 13.9 | 646 | 88.7 | 35 | 4.8 | 330 | 45.3 | 12 | 1.6 |
| 65–74 | 591 | 427 | 72.2 | 167 | 28.3 | 544 | 92.0 | 37 | 6.3 | 396 | 67.0 | 18 | 3.1 |
| 75+ | 496 | 386 | 77.8 | 155 | 31.2 | 444 | 89.5 | 12 | 2.4 | 350 | 70.6 | 5 | 1.0 |
| All ages | 5 010 | 1 677 | 33.5 | 511 | 10.2 | 3 410 | 68.1 | 98 | 2.0 | 1 460 | 29.1 | 37 | 0.7 |
| Both sexes | 9 410 | 3 509 | 37.3 | 899 | 9.6 | 6 384 | 67.8 | 219 | 2.3 | 2 882 | 30.6 | 70 | 0.7 |
| THIN1998 | |||||||||||||
| Men | |||||||||||||
| Age (years) | |||||||||||||
| 16–24 | 126 073 | 2 024 | 1.6 | 304 | 0.2 | 411 | 0.3 | 36 | 0.0 | 62 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| 25–34 | 202 080 | 9 292 | 4.6 | 1 173 | 0.6 | 3 930 | 1.9 | 223 | 0.1 | 896 | 0.4 | 45 | 0.0 |
| 35–44 | 184 959 | 20 267 | 11.0 | 3 804 | 2.1 | 12 374 | 6.7 | 1 261 | 0.7 | 4 147 | 2.2 | 404 | 0.2 |
| 45–54 | 165 152 | 40 637 | 24.6 | 12 158 | 7.4 | 22 582 | 13.7 | 4 474 | 2.7 | 11 505 | 7.0 | 2 151 | 1.3 |
| 55–64 | 124 905 | 51 283 | 41.1 | 21 841 | 17.5 | 25 277 | 20.2 | 7 521 | 6.0 | 16 770 | 13.4 | 4 433 | 3.5 |
| 65–74 | 98 450 | 53 725 | 54.6 | 27 599 | 28.0 | 20 669 | 21.0 | 6 797 | 6.9 | 16 348 | 16.6 | 4 408 | 4.5 |
| 75+ | 75 406 | 43 413 | 57.6 | 23 446 | 31.1 | 7 151 | 9.5 | 1 605 | 2.1 | 6 186 | 8.2 | 1 076 | 1.4 |
| All ages | 977 025 | 220 641 | 22.6 | 90 325 | 9.2 | 92 394 | 9.5 | 21 917 | 2.2 | 55 914 | 5.7 | 12 523 | 1.3 |
| Women | |||||||||||||
| Age (years) | |||||||||||||
| 16–24 | 132 707 | 3 427 | 2.6 | 691 | 0.5 | 500 | 0.4 | 44 | 0.0 | 65 | 0.0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| 25–34 | 209 048 | 13 069 | 6.3 | 3 553 | 1.7 | 3 226 | 1.5 | 156 | 0.1 | 658 | 0.3 | 28 | 0.0 |
| 35–44 | 178 875 | 22 538 | 12.6 | 8 518 | 4.8 | 7 932 | 4.4 | 461 | 0.3 | 2 535 | 1.4 | 170 | 0.1 |
| 45–54 | 160 895 | 46 776 | 29.1 | 20 040 | 12.5 | 16 834 | 10.5 | 1 988 | 1.2 | 8 897 | 5.5 | 1 041 | 0.6 |
| 55–64 | 125 631 | 60 351 | 48.0 | 27 818 | 22.1 | 22 358 | 17.8 | 5 415 | 4.3 | 16 105 | 12.8 | 3 178 | 2.5 |
| 65–74 | 113 030 | 66 502 | 58.8 | 33 920 | 30.0 | 21 096 | 18.7 | 7 094 | 6.3 | 17 585 | 15.6 | 4 622 | 4.1 |
| 75+ | 135 305 | 81 109 | 59.9 | 47 495 | 35.1 | 10 206 | 7.5 | 2 454 | 1.8 | 9 145 | 6.8 | 1 760 | 1.3 |
| All ages | 1 055 491 | 293 772 | 27.8 | 142 035 | 13.5 | 82 152 | 7.8 | 17 612 | 1.7 | 54 990 | 5.2 | 10 809 | 1.0 |
| Both sexes | 2 032 516 | 514 413 | 25.3 | 232 360 | 11.4 | 174 546 | 8.6 | 39 529 | 1.9 | 110 904 | 5.5 | 23 332 | 1.1 |
| HSE 2003 | |||||||||||||
| Men | |||||||||||||
| Age (years) | |||||||||||||
| 16–24 | 239 | 16 | 6.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 64 | 26.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 3.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 25–34 | 415 | 48 | 11.6 | 2 | 0.5 | 249 | 60.0 | 1 | 0.2 | 36 | 8.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 35–44 | 639 | 114 | 17.8 | 17 | 2.7 | 496 | 77.6 | 11 | 1.7 | 96 | 15.0 | 1 | 0.2 |
| 45–54 | 576 | 204 | 35.4 | 56 | 9.7 | 488 | 84.7 | 28 | 4.9 | 179 | 31.1 | 13 | 2.3 |
| 55–64 | 575 | 274 | 47.7 | 114 | 19.8 | 513 | 89.2 | 81 | 14.1 | 246 | 42.8 | 36 | 6.3 |
| 65–74 | 432 | 270 | 62.5 | 138 | 31.9 | 374 | 86.6 | 98 | 22.7 | 237 | 54.9 | 50 | 11.6 |
| 75+ | 263 | 179 | 68.1 | 83 | 31.6 | 205 | 77.9 | 46 | 17.5 | 143 | 54.4 | 17 | 6.5 |
| All ages | 3 139 | 1 105 | 35.2 | 410 | 13.1 | 2 389 | 76.1 | 265 | 8.4 | 946 | 30.1 | 117 | 3.7 |
| Women | |||||||||||||
| Age (years) | |||||||||||||
| 16–24 | 276 | 4 | 1.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 99 | 35.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 25–34 | 487 | 26 | 5.3 | 4 | 0.8 | 246 | 50.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 20 | 4.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 35–44 | 726 | 74 | 10.2 | 13 | 1.8 | 443 | 61.0 | 1 | 0.1 | 52 | 7.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 45–54 | 659 | 150 | 22.8 | 50 | 7.6 | 523 | 79.4 | 22 | 3.3 | 129 | 19.6 | 9 | 1.4 |
| 55–64 | 701 | 303 | 43.2 | 139 | 19.8 | 635 | 90.6 | 51 | 7.3 | 273 | 38.9 | 22 | 3.1 |
| 65–74 | 471 | 299 | 63.5 | 164 | 34.8 | 439 | 93.2 | 82 | 17.4 | 279 | 59.2 | 41 | 8.7 |
| 75+ | 396 | 297 | 75.0 | 164 | 41.4 | 357 | 90.2 | 62 | 15.7 | 269 | 67.9 | 25 | 6.3 |
| All ages | 3 716 | 1 153 | 31.0 | 534 | 14.4 | 2 742 | 73.8 | 218 | 5.9 | 1 023 | 27.5 | 97 | 2.6 |
| Both sexes | 6 855 | 2 258 | 32.9 | 944 | 13.8 | 5 131 | 74.9 | 483 | 7.0 | 1 969 | 28.7 | 214 | 3.1 |
| THIN 2003 | |||||||||||||
| Men | |||||||||||||
| Age (years) | |||||||||||||
| 16–24 | 161 238 | 2 807 | 1.7 | 528 | 0.3 | 926 | 0.6 | 92 | 0.1 | 182 | 0.1 | 24 | 0.0 |
| 25–34 | 216 423 | 11 164 | 5.2 | 1 898 | 0.9 | 7 093 | 3.3 | 602 | 0.3 | 2 205 | 1.0 | 215 | 0.1 |
| 35–44 | 236 869 | 28 315 | 12.0 | 7 351 | 3.1 | 26 357 | 11.1 | 3 743 | 1.6 | 10 748 | 4.5 | 1 642 | 0.7 |
| 45–54 | 184 817 | 49 163 | 26.6 | 19 723 | 10.7 | 45 557 | 24.6 | 11 872 | 6.4 | 26 068 | 14.1 | 6 562 | 3.6 |
| 55–64 | 163 941 | 73 183 | 44.6 | 38 266 | 23.3 | 62 043 | 37.8 | 24 850 | 15.2 | 44 910 | 27.4 | 16 192 | 9.9 |
| 65–74 | 116 819 | 70 962 | 60.7 | 44 825 | 38.4 | 54 385 | 46.6 | 29 277 | 25.1 | 46 099 | 39.5 | 21 301 | 18.2 |
| 75+ | 99 335 | 62 376 | 62.8 | 41 570 | 41.8 | 32 684 | 32.9 | 16 728 | 16.8 | 29 955 | 30.2 | 12 840 | 12.9 |
| All ages | 1 179 442 | 297 970 | 25.3 | 154 161 | 13.1 | 229 045 | 19.4 | 87 164 | 7.4 | 160 167 | 13.6 | 58 776 | 5.0 |
| Women | |||||||||||||
| Age (years) | |||||||||||||
| 16–24 | 173 435 | 5 776 | 3.3 | 904 | 0.5 | 1 278 | 0.7 | 81 | 0.0 | 238 | 0.1 | 30 | 0.0 |
| 25–34 | 232 093 | 17 404 | 7.5 | 3 832 | 1.7 | 5 895 | 2.5 | 397 | 0.2 | 1 726 | 0.7 | 122 | 0.1 |
| 35–44 | 230 243 | 32 994 | 14.3 | 11 912 | 5.2 | 18 572 | 8.1 | 1 715 | 0.7 | 7 511 | 3.3 | 761 | 0.3 |
| 45–54 | 180 037 | 55 911 | 31.1 | 27 322 | 15.2 | 36 778 | 20.4 | 6 088 | 3.4 | 22 162 | 12.3 | 3 716 | 2.1 |
| 55–64 | 166 202 | 83 929 | 50.5 | 46 753 | 28.1 | 57 925 | 34.9 | 16 884 | 10.2 | 44 344 | 26.7 | 11 650 | 7.0 |
| 65–74 | 131 126 | 82 515 | 62.9 | 51 944 | 39.6 | 57 430 | 43.8 | 25 631 | 19.5 | 50 500 | 38.5 | 19 269 | 14.7 |
| 75+ | 167 585 | 106 825 | 63.7 | 75 026 | 44.8 | 49 102 | 29.3 | 21 350 | 12.7 | 46 006 | 27.5 | 17 109 | 10.2 |
| All ages | 1 280 721 | 385 354 | 30.1 | 217 693 | 17.0 | 226 980 | 17.7 | 72 146 | 5.6 | 172 487 | 13.5 | 52 657 | 4.1 |
| Both sexes | 2 460 163 | 683 324 | 27.8 | 371 854 | 15.1 | 456 025 | 18.5 | 159 310 | 6.5 | 332 654 | 13.5 | 111 433 | 4.5 |
| THIN 2006 | |||||||||||||
| Men | |||||||||||||
| Age (years) | |||||||||||||
| 16–24 | 172 886 | 2 440 | 1.4 | 637 | 0.4 | 1 309 | 0.8 | 144 | 0.1 | 271 | 0.2 | 47 | 0.0 |
| 25–34 | 210 967 | 9 684 | 4.6 | 1 916 | 0.9 | 8 416 | 4.0 | 917 | 0.4 | 2 460 | 1.2 | 321 | 0.2 |
| 35–44 | 245 272 | 26 806 | 10.9 | 8 545 | 3.5 | 34 006 | 13.9 | 5 498 | 2.2 | 13 298 | 5.4 | 2 483 | 1.0 |
| 45–54 | 197 554 | 48 832 | 24.7 | 22 999 | 11.6 | 60 560 | 30.7 | 17 014 | 8.6 | 33 003 | 16.7 | 9 686 | 4.9 |
| 55–64 | 175 750 | 76 280 | 43.4 | 45 542 | 25.9 | 82 390 | 46.9 | 36 342 | 20.7 | 58 154 | 33.1 | 24 524 | 14.0 |
| 65–74 | 121 542 | 72 659 | 59.8 | 50 426 | 41.5 | 69 549 | 57.2 | 42 708 | 35.1 | 58 008 | 47.7 | 31 603 | 26.0 |
| 75+ | 109 641 | 67 649 | 61.7 | 49 362 | 45.0 | 51 149 | 46.7 | 32 175 | 29.3 | 46 823 | 42.7 | 25 212 | 23.0 |
| All ages | 1 233 612 | 304 350 | 24.7 | 179 427 | 14.5 | 307 379 | 24.9 | 134 798 | 10.9 | 212 017 | 17.2 | 93 876 | 7.6 |
| Women | |||||||||||||
| Age (years) | |||||||||||||
| 16–24 | 183 289 | 4 994 | 2.7 | 841 | 0.5 | 1 893 | 1.0 | 141 | 0.1 | 343 | 0.2 | 42 | 0.0 |
| 25–34 | 231 248 | 16 343 | 7.1 | 3 500 | 1.5 | 7 835 | 3.4 | 626 | 0.3 | 2 258 | 1.0 | 238 | 0.1 |
| 35–44 | 242 420 | 33 322 | 13.7 | 12 223 | 5.0 | 25 767 | 10.6 | 2 955 | 1.2 | 10 074 | 4.2 | 1 348 | 0.6 |
| 45–54 | 191 499 | 53 652 | 28.0 | 28 248 | 14.8 | 50 643 | 26.4 | 9 413 | 4.9 | 28 080 | 14.7 | 5 646 | 2.9 |
| 55–64 | 179 344 | 86 253 | 48.1 | 52 904 | 29.5 | 80 078 | 44.7 | 25 557 | 14.3 | 58 542 | 32.6 | 17 826 | 9.9 |
| 65–74 | 135 424 | 82 262 | 60.7 | 56 279 | 41.6 | 74 061 | 54.7 | 36 685 | 27.1 | 63 406 | 46.8 | 28 106 | 20.8 |
| 75+ | 179 179 | 111 377 | 62.2 | 84 351 | 47.1 | 79 926 | 44.6 | 42 607 | 23.8 | 74 684 | 41.7 | 34 855 | 19.5 |
| All ages | 1 342 403 | 388 203 | 28.9 | 238 346 | 17.8 | 320 203 | 23.9 | 117 984 | 8.8 | 237 387 | 17.7 | 88 061 | 6.6 |
| Both sexes | 2 576 015 | 692 553 | 26.9 | 417 773 | 16.2 | 627 582 | 24.4 | 252 782 | 9.8 | 449 404 | 17.4 | 181 937 | 7.1 |
HSE, Health Survey for England; THIN, The Health Improvement Network.