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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Sep 7.
Published in final edited form as: Circulation. 2017 Jan 25;135(10):e146–e603. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000485

Chart 9-1. Prevalence of high blood pressure in adults ≥20 years of age by sex and age (NHANES 2011–2014).

Chart 9-1

Hypertension is defined as systolic blood pressure ≥140 mm Hg or diastolic blood pressure ≥90 mm Hg, if the subject said “yes” to taking antihypertensive medication, or if the subject was told on 2 occasions that he or she had hypertension.

NHANES indicates National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

Source: National Center for Health Statistics and National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.