4. Prevalence
• Hypertension is the most prevalent chronic
disease in India with prevalence increasing
rapidly among both urban and rural populations.
• The prevalence of hypertension ranges from 20-
40% in urban adults and 12-17% among rural
adults.
• The number of people with hypertension is
projected to increase from 118 million in 2000 to
214 million in 2025, with nearly equal numbers of
men and women.
6. Prevalence
• A survey of 26,000 adults in South India showed a
hypertension prevalence of 20% (men 23% and women 17%)
but 67% of those with hypertension were unaware of their
diagnosis.
• A multi-centre three-year study, spearheaded by the All India
Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and published in the
"Journal of Human Hypertension" on Thursday, said almost
– 1 in 2 women in urban study sites and
– 1 in 3 women in rural sites, were suffering from hypertension.
• Findings from India's largest clinic-based survey study, called
Screening India's Twin Epidemic (SITE) show that 1 in every 5
Indian adults living in urban cities suffers not only from
hypertension but also diabetes.
• In Maharashtra, more disturbingly, 1 in 3 persons is struck by
the twin epidemic.
7. Prevalence
• Only 1 in 5 hypertensive women were on treatment,
and less than 4% are controlled.
• Majority of hypertensives still remain undetected &
the control of hypertension is also inadequate.
• But, despite all this, the good news is that the
prevalence of hypertension in India is low as
compared to world figures and India fares better
than other countries in the South-East Asia Region
(SEAR).
• SEAR’s average is
– 25.40 % in men, &
– 24.20 in women.
8. Prevalence
• In India, 23.10 % men and 22.60 % women over
25 years old suffer from hypertension, says the
World Health Organisation’s ‘global health
statistics 2012’ released in May, 2012.
• Recent (2012) studies show that for every known
person with hypertension in India, there may
possibly be 2 persons with either undiagnosed
hypertension or prehypertension.
• With over 139 million patients, India accounts for
15 % of world’s uncontrolled hypertension
patients.
9. Prevalence
• Recently, a door-to-door survey was conducted
amongst all residents of a village in Uttarakhand
province to determine the prevalence of
hypertension and hypertension risk factors in the
rural Indian community.
• This study showed that the rates of hypertension
in the rural community under study are similar to
those seen in high-income countries and in urban
India.
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