Table 2-7.

Reduction in BP Required to Increase Prevalence of Ideal BP Among Adults ≥20 y of Age; NHANES 2009–2010

	%
Percent BP ideal among adults, 2009–2010	44.26
20% Relative increase	53.11
Percent of US adults whose BP would be ideal if population mean BP were lowered by*
2 mm Hg	56.13
3 mm Hg	59.49
4 mm Hg	61.59
5 mm Hg	65.31

Standardized to the age distribution of the 2000 US standard population.

BP indicates blood pressure; NHANES, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

^*Reduction in BP=(observed average systolic-X mm Hg) AND (observed average diastolic-X mm Hg).