Table 2.

Age-related prevalence of hypertension in men and women.

Age	Males	Hypertensive males	95% CI (%)	Females	Hypertensive females	95% CI (%)	All	All hypertensive	95% CI (%)
		Number (%)			Number (%)			Number (%)
20–30	337	40 (12)	8–15	826	57 (7)	5–9	1163	97 (8)	7–10
31–40	807	267 (33)	30–36	1455	393 (27)	25–29	2262	660 (29)	27–31
41–50	1130	555 (49)	46–52	1468	622 (42)	40–45	2598	1177 (45)	43–47
51–60	899	493 (55)	52–58	1201	637 (53)	50–56	2100	1130 (54)	52–56
61–70	640	388 (61)	57–64	798	502 (63)	60–66	1438	890 (62)	59–64
71–80	232	129 (56)	49–62	244	164 (67)	61–73	476	293 (62)	57–66
>80	39	19 (49)	33–64	46	28 (61)	47–75	85	47 (55)	45–66