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. 2019 Apr 24;21(Suppl D):D1–D4. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/suz055

Table 1.

Numbers with hypertension and proportion on treatment, controlled and uncontrolled for countries in supplement

Country Total number Number with hypertension Percentage with hypertension Percentage of individuals with hypertension:
Not on medication On medication and uncontrolled On medication and controlled
Philippines 271 604 91994 34.3% 31.2% 27.3% 38.3%
China 125 236 32089 25.7% 35.7% 23.0% 41.0%
India * 122 685 38974 31.8% 55.9% 36.4% 7.7%
Indonesia 69 307 23892 34.5% 47.4% 33.0% 19.5%
Taiwan 52 514 28123 53.8% 18.6% 28.9% 52.0%
Sudan 44 413 7332 16.6% 94.9% 2.1% 3.0%
Argentina 32 346 16263 50.4% 24.9% 33.2% 41.5%
Ivory Coast 24 563 5015 20.4% 78.6% 11.6% 9.8%
Colombia 22 258 5036 22.8% 32.5% 19.1% 47.6%
Venezuela 21 645 10584 48.9% 14.5% 28.1% 57.4%
Nigeria 19 904 6709 36.2% 61.7% 21.6% 15.2%
Angola 17 481 6022 34.5% 67.8% 19.2% 13.0%
Cameroon 16 093 4595 29.2% 59.7% 22.8% 17.1%
Kenya 14 847 3647 24.6% 55.4% 20.3% 24.3%
Bangladesh 11 418 5401 47.3% 43.5% 29.5% 27.0%
Viet Nam 10 993 3154 28.7% 47.8% 19.6% 32.5%
Italy** 10 076 3099 30.8%      
Zambia 9 607 2438 25.9% 70.0% 17.9% 11.0%
Armenia 9 199 3114 33.9% 47.0% 40.7% 12.2%
Brazil 7 260 3396 47.0% 27.2% 28.8% 43.2%
Ecuador 6 984 1968 28.2% 22.7% 19.6% 57.7%
United Arab Emirates 6 193 1867 30.2% 43.5% 22.9% 33.6%
Georgia 6 144 3744 60.9% 25.6% 49.7% 24.7%
Nepal 5 972 1456 24.4% 62.4% 17.0% 20.6%
Poland 5 834 2061 35.3% 47.3% 25.8% 26.8%
Russia 5 660 2709 47.9% 27.8% 40.4% 31.8%
Pakistan** 5 333 1880 36.4%      
United Kingdom & Ireland 7 714 3099 40.3% 45.4% 22.0% 32.3%
Chile 4 754 1153 24.3% 56.6% 14.1% 29.3%
Mozambique 4 454 1371 31.1% 80.2% 12.1% 7.5%
Malaysia 4 116 1317 32.4% 36.1% 25.7% 37.6%
Malawi 4 009 849 22.3% 82.1% 9.2% 8.7%
Hungary 3 967 2052 51.8% 26.9% 32.5% 40.5%
Spain 3 849 1923 50.0% 21.2% 26.7% 52.1%
Congo 3 842 1576 41.0% 60.7% 25.9% 13.4%
Australia 3 817 1188 31.2% 49.7% 20.1% 30.1%
South Africa 3 250 795 24.5% 57.7% 19.7% 22.3%
Austria 2 711 1704 62.9% 44.9% 35.0% 20.1%
Cabo Verde 2 630 760 29.0% 30.5% 29.6% 39.1%
*

Note figures for India include only those with all 3 readings available as multiple imputation not used on subset of data from India

**

Medication use not recorded, so percentages not on medication and uncontrolled/controlled on medication excluded.