Table 8.

trends in self-reported prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in Switzerland and in other countries

	Switzerland	Spain	Greece	USA	France
Hypertension
1997	22.1	11.4		24.4
1999				25.4
2001		14.5
2002	22.4		20.1
2003		14.5
2006			25.7
2007	24.2
Dyslipidaemia
1997	11.9	8.2		26.6
1999				27.7
2001		11.0
2002	14.7		17.5
2003		10.5
2006			22.3
2007	17.4
Diabetes
1997	3.3	5.0		6.5	8.5
1999				7.1
2001		5.6
2002	3.7		8.7
2003		5.9
2006			10.3
2007	4.8

References: Switzerland 1, current study; Spain, [21]; Greece, [28]; USA, [29]; France, [18].