Table 2.
Hypertension prevalence, by age and sex (ESH and ESC classification).
| Age | Grade I | Grade II | Grade III | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n. | % | (95% CI) | n. | % | (95% CI) | n. | % | (95% CI) | |||
| 2002 | |||||||||||
| Male | |||||||||||
| 25-34 | 17 | 10.3 | (5.9-15.1) | 2 | 1.2 | (0.0.-3.1) | 1 | 0.6 | (0.0-2.0) | ||
| 35-44 | 65 | 19.1 | (15.0-23.4) | 14 | 4.1 | (2.2-6.4) | 3 | 0.9 | (0.0-2.0) | ||
| 5-54 | 89 | 27.9 | (23.0-32.9) | 28 | 8.8 | (5.8-12.0) | 7 | 2.2 | (0.7-4.0) | ||
| 55-64 | 78 | 28.1 | (22.7-33.3) | 47 | 16.9 | (12.7-21.5) | 23 | 8.3 | (5.1-11.6) | ||
| Total | 249 | 22.6 | (20.2-25.1) | 91 | 8.3 | (6.7-9.9) | 34 | 3.1 | (2.1-4.1) | ||
| Female | |||||||||||
| 25-34 | 31 | 9.8 | (6.7-13.2) | 4 | 1.3 | (0.3-2.7) | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| 35-44 | 87 | 19.6 | (15.9-23.3) | 21 | 4.7 | (2.8-6.8) | 11 | 2.5 | (1.1-4.0) | ||
| 45-54 | 119 | 28.5 | (24.2-32.9) | 62 | 14.8 | (11.5-18.3) | 44 | 10.5 | (7.7-13.6) | ||
| 55-64 | 122 | 28.8 | (24.4-33.2) | 110 | 25.9 | (21.7-30.3) | 70 | 16.5 | (13.1-20.1) | ||
| Total | 359 | 22.4 | (20.4-24.5) | 197 | 12.3 | (10.7-13.9) | 125 | 7.8 | (6.5-9.1) | ||
| Total 2002 | 608 | 22.5 | (20.9-24.1) | 288 | 10.7 | (9.5-11.8) | 159 | 5.9 | (5.0-6.8) | ||
| 2012 | |||||||||||
| Male | |||||||||||
| 25-34 | 38 | 12.5 | (8.9-16.3) | 9 | 3.0 | (1.3-5.0) | 3 | 1.0 | (0.0-2.3) | ||
| 35-44 | 83 | 27.0 | (22.1-32.0) | 12 | 3.9 | (1.9-6.2) | 5 | 1.6 | (0.3-3.2) | ||
| 45-54 | 122 | 35.7 | (30.7-40.9) | 26 | 7.6 | (4.9-10.6) | 11 | 3.2 | (1.5-5.2) | ||
| 55-64 | 137 | 44.2 | (38.7-49.8) | 59 | 19.0 | (14.7-23.4) | 17 | 5.5 | (3.1-8.1) | ||
| Total | 380 | 30.1 | (27.6-32.6) | 106 | 8.4 | (6.9-9.9) | 36 | 2.9 | (2.0-3.8) | ||
| Female | |||||||||||
| 25-34 | 27 | 8.4 | (5.5-11.5) | 5 | 1.5 | (0.3-3.0) | 1 | 0.3 | (0.0-1.0) | ||
| 35-44 | 42 | 12.6 | (9.1-16.4) | 12 | 3.6 | (1.8-5.7) | 1 | 0.3 | (0.0-1.0) | ||
| 45-54 | 104 | 24.9 | (20.9-29.1) | 40 | 9.6 | (6.8-12.5) | 10 | 2.4 | (1.0-4.0) | ||
| 55-64 | 125 | 35.5 | (30.6-40.5) | 49 | 13.9 | (10.4-17.6) | 21 | 6.0 | (3.6-8.5) | ||
| Total | 298 | 20.9 | (18.8-23.0) | 106 | 7.4 | (6.1-8.8) | 33 | 2.3 | (1.6-3.1) | ||
| Total 2012 | 678 | 25.2 | (23.6-26.8) | 212 | 7.9 | (6.9-8.9) | 69 | 2.6 | (2.0-3.2) | ||