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. 2017 Sep 22;358:j3984. doi: 10.1136/bmj.j3984

Table 1.

Incidence and prevalence of resistant hypertension, 1995-2016

Year No of incident resistant hypertension cases Person years Crude incidence per 100 person years (95% CI) Standardised* incidence per 100 person years to 2015 population No of prevalent resistant hypertension cases No of prevalent hypertensive patients Crude prevalence per 100 people (95% CI) Standardised* prevalence to 2015 population
1995 1657 90 885 1.82 (0.95 to 2.70) 1.75 (1.66 to 1.83)
1996 944 97 842.4 0.96 (0.35 to 1.58) 0.93 (0.87 to 1.00) 2476 10 2534 2.41 (1.46 to 3.37) 2.31 (2.22 to 2.40)
1997 912 114 684.9 0.79 (0.28 to 1.31) 0.78 (0.72 to 0.83) 3217 122 552 2.63 (1.72 to 3.53) 2.52 (2.43 to 2.60)
1998 1250 137 338.3 0.91 (0.41 to 1.41) 0.88 (0.83 to 0.93) 4236 147 899 2.86 (2.00 to 3.73) 2.74 (2.66 to 2.82)
1999 2152 1 649 24.6 1.30 (0.75 to 1.86) 1.26 (1.20 to 1.31) 6077 180 905 3.36 (2.51 to 4.20) 3.21 (3.13 to 3.29)
2000 3836 211 231.4 1.81 (1.24 to 2.39) 1.75 (1.70 to 1.81) 9424 238 657 3.95 (3.15 to 4.75) 3.79 (3.71 to 3.86)
2001 5755 276 205.0 2.08 (1.54 to 2.62) 2.01 (1.96 to 2.07) 14 475 303 426 4.77 (3.99 to 5.55) 4.58 (4.50 to 4.65)
2002 6808 328 707.7 2.07 (1.58 to 2.56) 2.00 (1.96 to 2.05) 20 158 362 534 5.56 (4.79 to 6.33) 5.34 (5.26 to 5.41)
2003 8266 392 679.0 2.10 (1.65 to 2.56) 2.04 (2.00 to 2.09) 26 975 433 536 6.22 (5.48 to 6.96) 5.97 (5.90 to 6.04)
2004 9706 453 736.8 2.14 (1.71 to 2.56) 2.07 (2.03 to 2.12) 34 779 502 592 6.92 (6.19 to 7.65) 6.63 (6.56 to 6.70)
2005 9046 507 018.8 1.78 (1.41 to 2.15) 1.73 (1.70 to 1.77) 41 517 555 801 7.47 (6.75 to 8.19) 7.15 (7.08 to 7.22)
2006 7684 532 992.9 1.44 (1.12 to 1.76) 1.39 (1.36 to 1.43) 45 993 579 957 7.93 (7.21 to 8.66) 7.56 (7.49 to 7.63)
2007 6638 548 982.9 1.21 (0.92 to 1.50) 1.17 (1.14 to 1.20) 48 720 594 430 8.20 (7.47 to 8.92) 7.76 (7.70 to 7.83)
2008 5424 562 479.1 0.96 (0.71 to 1.22) 0.94 (0.91 to 0.96) 50 074 613 436 8.16 (7.45 to 8.88) 7.70 (7.63 to 7.76)
2009 4630 572 852.2 0.81 (0.57 to 1.04) 0.79 (0.76 to 0.81) 50 093 618 126 8.10 (7.39 to 8.81) 7.61 (7.54 to 7.67)
2010 4253 572 209.5 0.74 (0.52 to 0.96) 0.72 (0.70 to 0.74) 49 080 612 663 8.01 (7.30 to 8.72) 7.49 (7.42 to 7.55)
2011 3656 562 208.6 0.65 (0.44 to 0.86) 0.63 (0.61 to 0.65) 47 624 601 090 7.92 (7.21 to 8.63) 7.36 (7.29 to 7.42)
2012 3245 557 515.6 0.58 (0.38 to 0.78) 0.56 (0.54 to 0.58) 45 680 589 656 7.75 (7.04 to 8.46) 7.15 (7.08 to 7.21)
2013 2752 525 711.3 0.52 (0.33 to 0.72) 0.51 (0.49 to 0.53) 41 409 543 900 7.61 (6.88 to 8.35) 6.98 (6.92 to 7.05)
2014 2243 476 279.0 0.47 (0.27 to 0.66) 0.46 (0.44 to 0.48) 34 678 477 887 7.26 (6.49 to 8.02) 6.62 (6.55 to 6.69)
2015 1773 406 033.6 0.43 (0.23 to 0.63) 0.42 (0.40 to 0.44) 26 877 379 686 7.08 (6.23 to 7.93) 6.46 (6.38 to 6.54)

*Standardised to age distribution of 2015 hypertensive population.