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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 4.
Published in final edited form as: Circulation. 2010 Dec 15;123(4):e18–e209. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0b013e3182009701

Table 7-2.

Hypertension Awareness, Treatment, and Control: NHANES 1988–1994 and 1999–2008, by Race and Sex

Awareness, % Treatment, % Control, %
1988 –1994 1999 –2008 1988 –1994 1999 –2008 1988 –1994 1999 –2008
NH white males 63.0 73.5 46.2 63.8 22.0 44.1
NH white females 74.7 78.2 61.6 70.0 32.2 42.7
NH black males 62.5 70.8 42.3 60.3 16.6 35.2
NH black females 77.8 85.8 64.6 77.0 30.0 45.3
Mexican American males 47.8 59.5 30.9 46.1 13.5 30.3
Mexican American females 69.3 70.1 47.8 59.9 19.4 34.2

NH indicates non-Hispanic; NHANES indicates National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

Sources: NHANES (1988 –1994), (1999 –2008) and National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.