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Hypertension (Data are for U.S. for year in parentheses) Morbidity Percent of non-institutionalized adults ages 20 and over: 28.7 (1999-2000) Source: Health, United States, 2003, table 66 Health care use Ambulatory care Number of visits to office-based physicians: 17.2 million (2002) Source: National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2002 Summary Number of hospital outpatient department visits: 1.2 million (2002) Source: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2002 Outpatient Summary Home health care Number of current patients with hypertension as primary diagnosis: 41,900 (2000) Percent of current patients with hypertension as primary diagnosis: 3.1 Source: National Home and Hospice Care Survey Nursing home care Number of residents with hypertension: 481,800 (1999) Percent of residents with hypertension: 26.4 (1999) Average length of stay for discharges with hypertension as primary diagnosis: 494 days Source: National Nursing Home Survey: 1999 Summary Mortality Number of deaths: 20,261 (2002) Deaths per 100,000 population: 7.0 (2002) Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2002 Related links National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey National Home and Hospice Care Survey National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
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