Table V.

Awareness, Treatment, and Control Among Participants With Hypertension in the US Population, 1988–2002*

		Prevalence (% [SE])
	1988–1991	1991–1994	1999–2000	2001–2002	Change, 1988–2002		Change, 1999–2002
	(n=3045)	(n=3017)	(n=1565)	(n=1696)	(% [95% CI])	p	(% [95% CI])	p
Awareness	69.2 (1.3)	67.8 (1.8)	68.9 (1.5)	71.2 (1.5)	2.0 (−1.9 to 5.9)	0.31	2.3 (−1.9 to 6.5)	0.28
Treatment	52.4 (1.4)	52.0 (1.0)	58.4 (2.0)	61.2 (1.5)	8.8 (4.8–12.8)	<0.001	2.8 (−2.1 to 7.7)	0.26
Control
All treated	46.9 (2.2)	43.6 (1.7)	53.1 (2.4)	56.1 (1.2)	9.2 (4.3–14.1)	<0.001	3.0 (−2.3 to 8.3)	0.26
All with hypertension	24.6 (1.4)	22.7 (1.1)	31.0 (2.0)	34.3 (1.4)	9.7 (5.8–13.6)	<0.001	3.3 (−1.5 to 8.1)	0.18
Hypertensive diabetics treated to <140/90 mm Hg	53.1 (4.5)	41.6 (5.8)**	46.9 (4.7)	56.5 (3.2)	3.4 (−7.4 to 14.2)	0.54	9.6 (−1.5 to 20.7)	0.09
Hypertensive diabetics treated to <130/85 mm Hg	28.5 (4.2)	17.2 (4.2)**	25.4 (4.0)	35.9 (3.3)	7.4 (−3.1 to 17.9)	0.17	10.5 (0.3–20.7)	0.04
SE=standard error; CI=confidence interval; *data are weighted to the US population; **estimates are unreliable because of National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey minimum sample size criteria or coefficient of variation of at least 0.30