Table 2.

Mean prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension among adults in the Västerbotten Intervention Programme. The values are adjusted by age and year of examination

	Mean prevalence (99% CI), expressed in %
	Hypertension	Awareness among hypertensive adults	Treatment among adults who were aware	Treatment among all hypertensive adults	Control among treated adults
Age and education adjusted prevalence
Men	34.4 (33.9–35.0)	51.6 (50.7–52.5)	64.5 (63.3–65.8)	34.2 (33.4–35.1)	34.6 (33.1–36.2)
Women	28.7 (28.2–29.2)	61.7 (60.8–62.6)	67.2 (66.0–68.4)	41.8 (40.9–42.8)	43.5 (41.9–45.0)
Age-cohort
40-year old cohort
Men	17.7 (17.0–18.4)	40.0 (37.9–42.1)	36.3 (33.0–39.7)	16.1 (14.5–17.8)	44.6 (39.0–50.4)
Women	10.7 (10.1–11.2)	62.0 (59.3–64.6)	42.9 (39.4–46.5)	30.8 (28.3–33.4)	59.3 (53.8–64.6)
50-year old cohort
Men	35.2 (34.4–36.1)	50.8 (49.2–52.3)	54.8 (52.7–56.9)	28.9 (27.5–30.3)	36.5 (33.7–39.3)
Women	30.2 (29.4–31.0)	61.0 (59.5–62.6)	62.7 (60.7–64.7)	39.6 (38.0–41.2)	49.5 (46.7–52.2)
60-year old cohort
Men	57.5 (56.6–58.5)	55.7 (54.5–57.0)	75.8 (74.3–77.3)	44.4 (43.1–45.7)	32.4 (30.5–34.3)
Women	54.3 (53.4–55.2)	62.5 (61.3–63.7)	74.2 (72.7–75.6)	47.6 (46.3–48.9)	38.3 (36.4–40.2)
Educational levels
Basic education
Men	48.3 (47.1–49.4)	49.4 (47.8–50.9)	68.4 (66.2–70.4)	35.2 (33.7–36.8)	27.0 (24.7–29.6)
Women	44.3 (43.2–45.4)	57.4 (55.8–59.0)	70.4 (68.4–72.3)	41.2 (39.7–42.9)	34.1 (31.7–36.7)
Medium education
Men	33.2 (32.5–34.0)	53.0 (51.7–54.3)	63.3 (61.5–65.0)	34.1 (32.9–35.4)	36.8 (34.6–39.1)
Women	27.2 (26.5–28.0)	63.6 (62.3–65.0)	66.6 (64.8–68.3)	42.2 (40.8–43.7)	46.5 (44.2–48.8)
High education
Men	25.3 (24.3–26.3)	51.9 (49.8–54.0)	61.3 (58.3–64.3)	32.8 (30.7–34.9)	44.1 (40.3–48.0)
Women	19.7 (18.9–20.5)	64.7 (62.8–66.6)	63.5 (61.0–66.0)	42.0 (40.0–44.1)	52.9 (49.7–56.1)