TABLE 1.

Number and percentage of adult Canadians reporting a diagnosis or treatment for hypertension

	Hypertension rates among population ≥20 years of age, %		Individuals with hypertension
Province	Diagnosed	Treated	Diagnosed, n	Treated, n (%)
Newfoundland and Labrador	25.3	23.3	100,218	92,303 (92.1)
Prince Edward Island	21.3	19.8	22,227	20,729 (93.3)
Nova Scotia	22.3	20.2	162,092	146,659 (90.5)
New Brunswick	22.8	20.3	132,286	117,490 (88.8)
Quebec	19.0	17.5	1,132,654	1,041,552 (92.0)
Ontario	20.0	17.5	1,933,704	1,691,287 (87.5)
Manitoba	19.6	17.8	172,285	156,064 (90.6)
Saskatchewan	21.0	18.8	154,035	137,825 (89.5)
Alberta	16.8	14.3	438,788	373,810 (85.2)
British Columbia	17.0	14.8	566,240	492,940 (87.1)
Yukon	17.7	14.0	4327	3419 (79.0)
Northwest Territories	13.8	9.6	4119	2859 (69.4)
Nunavut	8.0	4.8	1412	851 (60.3)
Canada	19.2	17.1	4,825,324	4,278,738 (88.7)

Data from reference 24